Tapu, New Zealand

Tapu
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Coordinates: 36°59′0″S 175°30′6″E / 36.98333°S 175.50167°E / -36.98333; 175.50167
CountryNew Zealand
RegionWaikato
DistrictThames-Coromandel District
WardThames ward
Community BoardThames Community
Electorates
Government
 • CouncilThames-Coromandel District Council
Area
 • Total4.21 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2024)[2]
 • Total260
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)

Tapu is a locality on the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. State Highway 25 runs through it. Coromandel is 35 km to the north, and Thames is 19 km to the south. The Tapu River flows from the Coromandel Range past the settlement and into the Firth of Thames to the west.[3][4]

Tapu-Coroglen Road

The "Tapu-Coroglen Road", a windy gravel road, connects it across the Coromandel Range with Coroglen in the east. The Square Kauri is on this road.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  3. ^ Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 16. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  4. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 40. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.