Otautau
Sign in to saveOtautau is a small farming, forestry and milling town located inland on the western edge of the Southland Plains of New Zealand on the banks of the Aparima River. Otautau is located approximately north west of Invercargill. The average elevation of Otautau is 60 metres.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1861 establishments in New Zealand, Populated places in the Southland Region and Use New Zealand English from March 2021.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Southland District
- Population
- 790
- Elevation
- 60
- Image
- Otautau.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Early history
- Early businesses
- ''Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle''
- Otautau war memorial
- Forestry
- Demographics
- Otautau statistical area
- Education
- Festivals
- Climate
- References
- External links
- Further reading
Otautau is a small farming, forestry and milling town located inland on the western edge of the Southland Plains of New Zealand on the banks of the Aparima River. Otautau is located approximately north west of Invercargill. The average elevation of Otautau is 60 metres.
Otautau is also known as "The Heart of Western Southland" as can be seen on the roadside sign photo below. Otautau township has one building registered with Pouhere Taonga Heritage New Zealand. This is the historic courthouse building in Main Street from 1908, which currently houses the district's small museum and some archives from local institutions and businesses.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otautau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations