Waitomo
Waitomo is a district in the North Island of New Zealand whose main feature is its limestone caves and their glowworm inhabitants, a major tourist attraction.
- Type: district of New Zealand with 9,950 residents
- Description: territorial authority district in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waitomo County”, “Waitomo District”, “Вайтомо”, and “ワイトモ郡”
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.Places of Interest
Highlights: Piopio College and Wairere Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piopio.
Waitomo
- Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-38.5° or 38° 30′ south
Longitude
175° east
Population
9,950
Elevation
185 metres (607 feet)
Open location code
4VHQG222+22
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Waitomo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Waitomo District”
- Chinese: “懷托摩區”
- Czech: “Waitomo District”
- Dutch: “Waitomo District”
- French: “District de Waitomo”
- French: “Waitomo”
- German: “Waitomo District”
- Italian: “distretto di Waitomo”
- Italian: “Distretto di Waitomo”
- Japanese: “ワイトモ地区”
- Korean: “와이토모”
- Malay: “Daerah Waitomo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waitomo District”
- Russian: “Ваитомо”
- Spanish: “Waitomo”
- Urdu: “وائی ٹومو ضلع”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع وائیٹومو”
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