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Pirongia
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Pirongia is a small town in the Waipā District of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 12 kilometres to the west of Te Awamutu, on the banks of the Waipā River, close to the foot of the 962 metre Mount Pirongia, which lies in Pirongia Forest Park to the west of the town.
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Pirongia is a locality in New Zealand, situated within the Waipa District. It operates under the Pacific/Auckland timezone.
Population figures for the area vary between sources, with one record listing 1280 residents and another citing 1360. The site is classified as a populated place.
Street-level imagery is available for Pirongia, though no panoramic views are recorded. Four images were captured on September 27, 2019, by the user elphix.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Waipa District
- Population
- 1280
- Image
- Pirongia War Memorial Hall, Waikato, New Zealand, 4 April 2008.jpg
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Pirongia is a small town in the Waipā District of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is 12 kilometres to the west of Te Awamutu, on the banks of the Waipā River, close to the foot of the 962 metre Mount Pirongia, which lies in Pirongia Forest Park to the west of the town.
Pirongia was originally named Alexandra, after the English Princess of Wales, but to avoid confusion with the town of that name in the South Island the name was changed to Pirongia. Some of the village's businesses and organisations such as the Alexandra Hotel and the Alexandra Racing Club retain the earlier name. Alexandra Racing Club, established in 1866 or 1872, was put into recess in 2019. thumb|Pirongia War Memorial Hall
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pirongia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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