Stratford, New Zealand

Stratford is the capital of New Zealand's Taranaki region and is located on the North Island of New Zealand. The village is also the administrative seat of lying in the regions of Taranaki and Manawatu -Wanganui and named after her " Stratford District ".

Geography

The 2161 km ² large Stratford district is located mostly in the center of the Taranaki region, the north-eastern areas belong to the Manawatu-Wanganui Region. In the north of New Plymouth District is adjacent to, the Northeast Stratford is bordered by the Ruapehu District and to the southeast of Wanganui district. South of Stratford District, the South Taranaki District joins.

The district provides access to two popular national parks: First, the Egmont National Park, to the area around the cone-shaped Mount Taranaki heard, and the Whanganui National Park to the east, belong to the vast forests on the banks of the Whanganui River.

Population

Largest city of the district is Stratford itself with 5340 inhabitants in the year 2006.

Economy

Increasingly important economic sectors are energy, and tourism. The latter benefited from the favorable location of the village to the south entrance of the Egmont National Park at the Dawson Falls.

Traffic

Stratford is on State Highway 3 (SH 3) connected to the highway network of New Zealand, New Plymouth, there are about 34 kilometers away, Hawera is 30 km away. But the place is also the starting point of the known as the " Forgotten World Highway " SH 43, New Zealand 's first " Heritage Highway " which leads over 155 km to Taumarunui.

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• Place in the Taranaki region