Timaru
Timaru is a city of 28,900 as of June 2023 on the South Island of New Zealand, on the east coast at Caroline Bay. It is a seaport and the second largest city in the Canterbury region, and is about halfway between Christchurch and Dunedin.
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- Town with about 28,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code TIU
- …is also known as “Timaru City”
- Description: town in New Zealand’s South Island
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sacred Heart Basilica and South Canterbury Museum.
Sacred Heart Basilica
The Sacred Heart Basilica or Timaru Basilica, is a Catholic church in Timaru, New Zealand.
South Canterbury Museum
South Canterbury Museum is a museum located in Timaru…
St Mary’s Church
St Mary's Church is a heritage-listed Anglican church…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West End and Waimataitai.
Watlington
Suburb
Watlington is a suburb of Timaru, in the South…
Timaru
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Latitude
-44.393° or 44° 23′ 35″ south
Longitude
171.251° or 171° 15′ 4″ east
Open location code
4V7HJ742+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Timaru” goes by many names.
TimaruAfrikaans
TimaruAlbanian
تيماروArabic
TimaruAragonese
TimaruAsturian
TimaruBasque
TimaruBavarian
ТымаруBelarusian
টিমারুBengali
TimaruBosnian
TimaruCatalan
TimaruCebuano
提瑪魯Chinese
提馬魯Chinese
蒂馬魯Chinese
蒂马鲁Chinese
TimaruCroatian
TimaruCzech
TimaruDanish
TimaruDutch
تيماروEgyptian Arabic
TimaruEmilian
TimaruEsperanto
TimaruEstonian
TimaruFaroese
TimaruFinnish
TimaruGalician
ტიმარუGeorgian
ΤιμαρούGreek
તિમારુGujarati
טימרוHebrew
टिमरुHindi
तिमुरुHindi
TimaruHungarian
TimaruIcelandic
TimaruIndonesian
TimaruIrish
Distretto di TimaruItalian
TimaruItalian
ティマルJapanese
ティマルーJapanese
ಟಿಮಾರುKannada
티머루Korean
팀아루Korean
TimaruLatvian
TimaruLithuanian
TimaruLow German
TimaruLower Sorbian
TimaruLuxembourgish
Timaru, New ZealandMalay
Te Tihi-o-MaruMaori
TimaruMaori
तिमुरुMarathi
TimaruMinangkabau
TimaruNorthern Frisian
TimaruNorwegian
TimaruNorwegian Bokmål
TimaruNorwegian Nynorsk
تیماروPersian
TimaruPolish
TimaruRomanian
TimaruRomansh
ТимаруRussian
TimaruScots
TimaruScottish Gaelic
Timaru, Sealainn NuadhScottish Gaelic
TimaruSerbo-Croatian
ටිමාරුSinhala
TimaruSlovak
TimaruSlovenian
TimaruSwedish
TimaruSwiss German
டிமாறுTamil
తిమారుTelugu
ทิมารุThai
TimaruTurkish
ТімаруUkrainian
TimaruUpper Sorbian
تیماروUrdu
TimaruVietnamese
TimaruWelsh
ضلع تیماروWestern Panjabi
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Localities in the Area
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