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Hawke's Bay. The longest place name in New Zealand. At 85 characters, this place name is one of the longest in the world.
The schedule of cities in New Zealand was brought under central government control in 1867, but continued to be sporadically applied. From 1886 the definition of a city was changed to any borough with a population of 20,000 or more. This value was increased to 50,000 in 1989.
Hill in North Island, New Zealand. Māori. "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one". Note: Listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest official place name in the world.
NameNo.LocationLanguageAzpilicuetagaraycosaroyarenberecolarrea39Place in Azpilkueta, Navarra, Spain35Bog region in Lapland, FinlandFinnish (northern dialect)31Lake in Manitoba, CanadaNondraisilisilinayalewatonga [8]28A stream in Viti Levu, FijiFijianThis is a list of selected cities, towns, and other populated places in New Zealand, ordered alphabetically by regional council or unitary authority. ( See also city; urban planning .) Auckland (unitary authority) Devonport. Waiuku. Bay of Plenty (regional council) Rotorua. Tauranga. Canterbury (regional council) Akaroa. Christchurch. Lyttelton.
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- Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu // New Zealand. The longest place name in the world is 85 letters long and refers to a hill on New Zealand’s North Island named after a famous local legend.
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch // Wales. The second longest place name in the world clocks in at 58 letters. You’ll find the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch on the island of Ynys Môn (known as Anglesey in English), off the coast of Wales.
- Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg // Massachusetts. The longest place name in the United States belongs to a lake in Webster, Massachusetts.
- Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein // South Africa. In the North West Province of South Africa, you’ll find a farm called Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein, an Afrikaans name that means “The spring where two buffaloes were cleanly killed with a single shot.”
This is a list of towns in New Zealand. The term " town" has no current statutory meaning in New Zealand, the few "Town Districts" having been abolished in 1989 or earlier. The list includes most urban areas in New Zealand.
Jul 6, 2011 · Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Closer to home, this is the name of a large village on the Island of Anglesey in Wales, just on the other side of the Menai Straight from Bangor.
