North Island
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Whanganui

Whanganui

Whanganui or Wanganui is a city on the west coast of the of . It lies at the mouth of the Whanganui River, which flows from Mount Tongariro via the stunning Whanganui National Park. The district has a population of about 48,000 in 2022.
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  • Type: City with 42,300 residents
  • Description: city in New Zealand’s North Island
  • Also known as: “Petre”
  • Historically known as: “Wanganui”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cooks Gardens and Royal Whanganui Opera House.

Park
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Wanganui, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, athletics and cycling. The main stadium, known as Westpac Stadium, is able to hold 20,700 people with 3,500 covered seats.

Theater building
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The is a theatre located in Whanganui, . Built in 1899, it is 's last Victorian theatre. Located on St Hill Street in central Whanganui, the theatre seats 830 and is a venue for many local, national and international events.

Park
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, also known as Pākaitore, is a historically significant site and park in the city of Whanganui, New Zealand. In 1995 it was the site of a protest by local Māori and a 79 day occupation which divided New Zealand public opinion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whanganui East and Gonville.

Suburb
is a suburb of Whanganui, in the and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's .

Suburb
is a residential suburb of Whanganui, . It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council. Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in . It is the tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Hāua hapū of Ngāti Hāua.

Suburb
is a settlement on the , in the and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's . It is an outlying suburb of Whanganui.

Whanganui

Latitude
-39.9325° or 39° 55′ 57″ south
Longitude
175.0519° or 175° 3′ 7″ east
Population
42,300
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
IATA airport code
WAG
United Nations Location Code
NZ WAG
Open location code
4VGQ3392+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60023047
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2179670
Wiki­data ID
Q1015672
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Whanganui” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وانجانوي”
  • Asturian: “Whanganui”
  • Basque: “Whanganui”
  • Belarusian: “Уангануі”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াঙ্গানুই”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েঙ্গানাই”
  • Catalan: “Wanganui”
  • Catalan: “Whanganui”
  • Cebuano: “Wanganui”
  • Cebuano: “Whanganui”
  • Chinese: “旺加努伊”
  • Chinese: “旺阿努伊”
  • Danish: “Whanganui”
  • Dutch: “Whanganui (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Whanganui”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “وانجانوى”
  • Esperanto: “Wanganui”
  • Esperanto: “Whanganui”
  • Finnish: “Whanganui”
  • French: “Wanganui”
  • French: “Whanganui”
  • Georgian: “უონგანუი”
  • German: “Wanganui”
  • German: “Whanganui”
  • Greek: “Γουανγκανούι”
  • Gujarati: “વ્હાન્ગાંઈ”
  • Hebrew: “וואנגנוי”
  • Hindi: “वांगानुई”
  • Indonesian: “Wanganui”
  • Indonesian: “Whanganui”
  • Irish: “Wanganui”
  • Irish: “Whanganui”
  • Italian: “distretto di Whanganui”
  • Italian: “Wanganui”
  • Japanese: “ワンガヌイ”
  • Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾಂಗನ್ಯು”
  • Korean: “왕가누이”
  • Korean: “왕거누이”
  • Korean: “황거누이”
  • Latvian: “Vanaganuja”
  • Lithuanian: “Vanganujis”
  • Lithuanian: “Vanganujus”
  • Macedonian: “Вангануи”
  • Macedonian: “Фангануи”
  • Malagasy: “Wanganui”
  • Malagasy: “Whanganui”
  • Malay: “Whanganui”
  • Maori: “Wanganui”
  • Maori: “Whanganui”
  • Marathi: “वांगानुई”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Whanganui”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wanganui”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whanganui”
  • Norwegian: “Whanganui”
  • Polish: “Wanganui”
  • Polish: “Whanganui”
  • Portuguese: “Wanganui”
  • Portuguese: “Whanganui”
  • Romanian: “Wanganui”
  • Romanian: “Whanganui”
  • Russian: “Вангануи”
  • Russian: “Уонгануи”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Whanganui”
  • Serbian: “Вангануи”
  • Sinhala: “වන්ගනුයි, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “වන්ගනුයි”
  • Slovenian: “Wanganui”
  • Slovenian: “Whanganui”
  • Spanish: “Wanganui”
  • Spanish: “Whanganui”
  • Swahili: “Whanganui”
  • Swedish: “Whanganui”
  • Tamil: “வான்கான்நுயீ”
  • Telugu: “వాంగానూయి”
  • Thai: “วังกานุย”
  • Turkish: “Whanganui”
  • Ukrainian: “Вангануї”
  • Ukrainian: “Ванґануї”
  • Urdu: “ہوانگانوی”
  • Urdu: “وحانجانوی”
  • Vietnamese: “Whanganui”
  • Welsh: “Whanganui”

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