Whanganui
Whanganui or Wanganui is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. 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.
- Type: City with 42,300 residents
- Description: city in New Zealand’s North Island
- Also known as: “Petre”, “Whanganui (stad)”, “왕가누이”, and “황거누이”
- Historically known as: “Wanganui”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cooks Gardens and Moutoa Gardens.
Ward Observatory
Observatory
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whanganui East and Gonville.
Whanganui
- Category: locality
- Location: Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
UN/LOCODE
NZ WAG
Open location code
4VGQ3392+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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”
- 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: “Whanganui”
- Irish: “Whanganui”
- Italian: “distretto di Whanganui”
- Japanese: “ワンガヌイ”
- Kannada: “ವ್ಯಾಂಗನ್ಯು”
- Korean: “왕거누이”
- Latvian: “Vanaganuja”
- Lithuanian: “Vanganujis”
- Lithuanian: “Vanganujus”
- Macedonian: “Фангануи”
- Malagasy: “Wanganui”
- Malagasy: “Whanganui”
- Malay: “Whanganui”
- Maori: “Whanganui”
- Marathi: “वांगानुई”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Whanganui”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Whanganui”
- Norwegian: “Whanganui”
- Polish: “Wanganui”
- Polish: “Whanganui”
- 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: “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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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: College Estate and Bastia Hill.
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Worth a closer look: Whanganui National Park and Taumarunui.
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