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Taranaki Region

region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island
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Taranaki Region
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Summary

Taranaki Region is a region of New Zealand[1]. It draws 1,182 Wikipedia views per month (region of new zealand category, ranking #5 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New Zealand[3]
  • Country: New Zealand[4]
  • Capital: New Plymouth[5]
  • Shares border with: Manawatū-Whanganui Region[6], Waikato Region[7]
  • Commons category: Taranaki Region[8]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+12:00[9]
  • Authority: Taranaki Regional Council[10]
  • Official website: https://www.trc.govt.nz/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Taranaki[12]
  • Population: 119,600[13], 117,561[14], 126,015[15], 130,300[16]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in the Taranaki Region[17]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the Taranaki Region[18]
  • Native label: Taranaki[19]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Taranaki[20]
  • Different from: Taranaki Maunga[21]
  • Area: 7257 km²[22]

Why It Matters

Taranaki Region has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

New Plymouth New Zealand Wanquetin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Aceehinrt · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foundational text → Q140794488
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Foundational text: Orders in Council for Local Government Reorganisation, Copying from Auckland Region"
  2. 14w ago · Soleincitta · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Taranaki Maunga
    Capital → New Plymouth
    Population → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Image: Mt Taranaki.JPG"
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