Taumarunui

Taumarunui is a town of almost 5,000 people in in a central part of the North Island of New Zealand.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Taumarunui railway station and Taumarunui High School.

Railway station
is the main railway station in Taumarunui, , serving the Northern Explorer service between Auckland and Wellington.

School
is a state coeducational secondary school located in Taumarunui, New Zealand. There are approximately 300 students. The school was originally located in the township. The school's colours are navy blue and gold.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taringamotu.

Hamlet
is a valley and rural community in the and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's . It is located northwest of Taumarunui, and north of State Highway 41. is situated 3½ km north of Taumarunui.

Taumarunui

Latitude
-38.8814° or 38° 52′ 53″ south
Longitude
175.2663° or 175° 15′ 59″ east
Population
4,830
Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NZ TAU
Open location code
4VHQ4798+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296287151
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6234582
Wiki­data ID
Q305195
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Taumarunui” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Taumarunui
  • Bulgarian: Таумарунуи
  • Catalan: Taumarunui
  • Cebuano: Taumarunui
  • Chinese: 陶馬魯努伊
  • Chinese: 陶马鲁努伊
  • Dutch: Taumarunui
  • French: Taumarunui
  • German: Taumarunui
  • Hungarian: Taumarunui
  • Italian: Taumarunui
  • Japanese: タウマルヌイ
  • Malay: Taumarunui
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Taumarunui
  • Polish: Taumarunui
  • Russian: Таумаруни
  • Turkish: Taumarunui
  • Urdu: تامارونوئی

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Taumarunui”. Photo: ShakyIsles, CC BY-SA 4.0.