Timaru
Timaru is a small city 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, located about halfway between Christchurch and Dunedin.
Photo: Thomei08, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
South Canterbury Museum
Museum
South Canterbury Museum is a museum located in Timaru, New Zealand and owned by the Timaru District Council.
Alpine Energy Stadium
Recreation area
Alpine Energy Stadium, originally called Fraser Park, is a sports stadium in Timaru, New Zealand.
St Mary's Church, Timaru
Church
St Mary's Church in Timaru, New Zealand, is one of the city's defining landmarks. Photo: jokertrekker, CC BY 3.0.
Washdyke Lagoon
Lagoon
Washdyke Lagoon is a brackish shallow coastal lagoon approximately 1 kilometre north of Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Photo: Heather Rainbow, CC0.
Localities in the Area
Highfield
Suburb
Highfield is a suburb of Timaru, in the South Canterbury district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
Waimataitai
Suburb
Waimataitai is a suburb of Timaru, in the South Canterbury district and Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
Washdyke
Suburb
Washdyke is an industrial suburb in the north of Timaru, in south Canterbury, New Zealand. Washdyke is situated 4 km north of Timaru.
Timaru
- Type: Town
- Description: town in New Zealand's South Island
- Location: Mid and South Canterbury, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
Latitude -44.393° or 44° 23' 34.9" south | Longitude 171.251° or 171° 15' 3.5" east |
Population 28,500 | IATA airport code TIU |
Elevation 14 metres (46 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 410464091 |
GeoNames ID 2181133 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Timaru
- Albanian: Timaru
- Arabic: تيمارو
- Aragonese: Timaru
- Asturian: Timaru
- Basque: Timaru
- Bavarian: Timaru
- Belarusian: Тымару
- Bengali: টিমারু
- Bosnian: Timaru
- Catalan: Timaru
- Cebuano: Timaru
- Chinese: 提瑪魯
- Chinese: 提馬魯
- Chinese: 提马鲁
- Chinese: 蒂馬魯
- Croatian: Timaru
- Czech: Timaru
- Danish: Timaru
- Dutch: Timaru
- Esperanto: Timaru
- Estonian: Timaru
- Faroese: Timaru
- Finnish: Timaru
- French: District de Timaru
- French: Timaru
- French: Timaru District
- Galician: Timaru
- Georgian: ტიმარუ
- German: Timaru
- German: Timaru-Distrikt
- Greek: Τιμαρού
- Gujarati: તિમારુ
- Hebrew: טימרו
- Hindi: तिमुरु
- Hungarian: Timaru
- Icelandic: Timaru
- Indonesian: Timaru
- Irish: Timaru
- Italian: Distretto di Timaru
- Italian: Timaru
- Japanese: ティマル
- Japanese: ティマルー
- Kannada: ಟಿಮಾರು
- Korean: 팀아루
- Latvian: Timaru
- Lithuanian: Timaru
- Low German: Timaru
- Lower Sorbian: Timaru
- Luxembourgish: Timaru
- Malay: Timaru, New Zealand
- Maori: Te Tihi-o-Maru
- Maori: Timaru
- Marathi: तिमुरु
- Minangkabau: Timaru
- Northern Frisian: Timaru
- Norwegian: Timaru
- Norwegian Bokmål: Timaru
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Timaru
- Persian: تیمارو
- Polish: Timaru
- Portuguese: Timaru
- Romanian: Timaru
- Romansh: Timaru
- Russian: Тимару
- Scots: Timaru
- Scottish Gaelic: Timaru, Sealainn Nuadh
- Scottish Gaelic: Timaru
- Serbo-Croatian: Timaru
- Sinhala: ටිමාරු
- Slovak: Timaru
- Slovenian: Timaru, Nova Zelandija
- Spanish: Timaru
- Swedish: Timaru
- Swiss German: Timaru
- Tamil: டிமாறு
- Telugu: తిమారు
- Thai: ทิมารุ
- Turkish: Timaru
- Ukrainian: Тімару
- Upper Sorbian: Timaru
- Urdu: تیمارو
- Vietnamese: Timaru
- Welsh: Timaru
- Western Panjabi: ضلع تیمارو
- Timaru City
- 티머루
Other Places Named Timaru
- Timaru DistrictCanterbury, New Zealand
- TimaruPapua New Guinea
- Îlot TetimaruIsland, French Polynesia
- Tīmaru RiverStream, Otago, New Zealand
- Timaru Railroad StationRailway station, Canterbury, New Zealand
- TimaruFarm, Zimbabwe
In the Area
Localities
- SeaviewSuburb
- Maori HillSuburb
- ParksideSuburb
- KensingtonSuburb
- SmithfieldSuburb
- WatlingtonSuburb
Landmarks
- Trevor Griffiths Rose GardenTourist attraction
- Trevor Griffiths Rose GardenGarden
- Timaru Elim Church / Timaru Elim Christian CentreChurch
- Caroline Bay SoundshellTheater
- Timaru Skating RinkRecreation area
- Timaru District LibraryLibrary
Popular Destinations in Mid and South Canterbury
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