Whakatane
Whakatāne is a coastal town in the eastern Bay of Plenty on New Zealand's North Island. It is one of the sunniest towns in New Zealand. The nearby village of Ōhope, only about 7 minutes by car through a gorgeous pass with stunning views of the ocean, features one of the best beaches in the entire country, which has won numerous "Best Beach" awards over the years.
- Town with 16,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code WHK
- Description: town in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whakatane Astronomical Society and Whakatāne Hospital.
Whakatane Astronomical Society
Observatory
The Whakatane Astronomical Society is a voluntary…
Whakatāne Hospital
Hospital
Whakatāne Hospital is a hospital in New Zealand…
Whakatāne High School
School
Whakatāne High School is a secondary school located in the town of Whakatāne, New Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coastlands and Poroporo.
Whakatane
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
-37.9519° or 37° 57′ 7″ south
Longitude
176.9946° or 176° 59′ 41″ east
UN/LOCODE
NZ WHK
Open location code
4VJR2XXV+6R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Whakatane” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Whakatane”
- Amharic: “ዋካታኔ”
- Arabic: “واكتاني”
- Arabic: “وهاكاتان”
- Armenian: “Ֆակատանե”
- Asturian: “Whakatāne”
- Azerbaijani: “Whakatane”
- Bengali: “হোয়াকাটান”
- Catalan: “Whakatane”
- Cebuano: “Whakatane (kapital sa rehiyon sa New Zealand)”
- Cebuano: “Whakatane”
- Chinese: “华卡塔尼”
- Chinese: “華卡塔尼”
- Dutch: “Whakatane”
- Egyptian Arabic: “واكتانى”
- Esperanto: “Whakatane (urbo)”
- Esperanto: “Whakatane”
- Estonian: “Whakatāne”
- French: “Whakatane”
- Galician: “Whakatāne”
- Georgian: “ფაკატანე”
- German: “Whakatane”
- German: “Whakatāne”
- Hausa: “Whakatane”
- Hebrew: “פקטאנה”
- Hebrew: “פקטאני”
- Hindi: “व्हकतने”
- Hindi: “व्हाकाटेन”
- Hindi: “व्हाकातानी”
- Indonesian: “Whakatane”
- Italian: “distretto di Whakatane”
- Italian: “Distretto di Whakatane”
- Italian: “Distretto di Whakatāne”
- Japanese: “ファカタネ”
- Japanese: “ワカタネ”
- Javanese: “Whakatane”
- Kazakh: “Вакатане”
- Kirghiz: “Вакатане”
- Korean: “파카타네”
- Korean: “화카타네”
- Latvian: “Fakatāne”
- Lithuanian: “Fakatanė”
- Malay: “Whakatane”
- Maori: “Whakatāne”
- Moroccan Arabic: “فاكاطاني”
- Moroccan Arabic: “واكاطاني”
- Moroccan Arabic: “واكتاني”
- Northern Frisian: “Whakataane”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Whakatane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whakatane”
- Norwegian: “Whakatane”
- Oromo: “Whakatane”
- Panjabi: “ਵ੍ਹਾਕਾਟੇਨ”
- Persian: “فاکتانی”
- Persian: “وهاکاتان”
- Polish: “Whakatane”
- Portuguese: “Whakatane”
- Pushto: “وهاکاتان”
- Russian: “Факатане”
- Sanskrit: “व्हकतने”
- Silesian: “Whakatane”
- Slovenian: “Whakatāne”
- Somali: “Whakatane”
- Spanish: “Whakatane”
- Swahili: “Whakatane”
- Swedish: “Whakatane”
- Tajik: “Вакатане”
- Tatar: “Вакатане”
- Turkish: “Whakatane”
- Turkish: “Whakatāne”
- Ukrainian: “Факатане”
- Urdu: “فاکاتانی”
- Uzbek: “Whakatane”
- Welsh: “Whakatane”
- Welsh: “Whakatāne”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع وہاکاٹانے”
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