Ōhura
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Ōhura is a small town in the west of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the west of Taumarunui in the area known as the King Country, in inland Manawatū-Whanganui. It lies on the banks of the Mangaroa Stream, a tributary of the Ōhura River which is a tributary of the Whanganui River.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Ōhura is referenced by 63 other articles, and connects out to Ngāti Maniapoto, geographic coordinate system and International Standard Book Number.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui and Use New Zealand English from March 2021.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ōhura
- Settlement.type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ohura main street.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Part of the Ōhura township
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- New Zealand
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Ruapehu District
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Ward
- Settlement.subdivision_type5
- Community
- Settlement.subdivision_name5
- Taumarunui-Ōhura Community
- Settlement.seat_type
- Electorates
- Settlement.leader_title
- Territorial Authority
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ruapehu District Council
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 120
- Image
- Ohura main street.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ohura
- date of official opening
- 1933-09-04
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Background
- Demographics
- Otangiwai-Ohura statistical area
- Education
- Ohura County Council
- Ōhura railway station
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Ōhura is a small town in the west of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the west of Taumarunui in the area known as the King Country, in inland Manawatū-Whanganui. It lies on the banks of the Mangaroa Stream, a tributary of the Ōhura River which is a tributary of the Whanganui River.
==Background== The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place which is uncovered" for . In July 2020, the name of the locality was officially gazetted as Ōhura by the New Zealand Geographic Board.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ōhura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations