Taupo

Taupo, Taupo actually written in reference to the pronunciation of Māori, is a 22,300 inhabitants, in the center of New Zealand's North Island. It is the administrative seat of the Taupo District, and also its largest city.

Geography

The town of Taupo is located at the northeastern end of Lake Taupo directly at the only outlet of the lake, the Waikato River. It formed the northern settlement focus of the lake. Tethered traffic Technically, the city on the east coming to town State Highway 5 and extending from the south along the Lake Taupo State Highway 1, both good 5 km north of the city separate again and their way free. 8 km south of the city lies the Taupo Airport, which handles besides its function as a regional airport, about 35,000 takeoffs and landings per year for skydivers.

To Taupo around there are numerous thermal springs and Geothermalfelder for the use of thermal energy. North of town, the Huka Falls and are located approximately 30 km east extends the 1890 km2, created specifically for forestry 1925 forest, the Kaingaroa Forest.

History

The name Taupo comes from the language of the Māori and should be an abbreviation of Tapuaeharuru, which can be translated as sounding steps most likely. Reason for this may have been the many subterranean cavities. Other sources speak of Taupo -nui -a- Tia ( the great cloak of Tia ).

During the New Zealand Wars Taupo 1869 was used by the Europeans for the first time as a military outpost.

Economy

The most important of the city industry is tourism. Here is a particularly popular destination Lake Taupo, which is ideal for a wide variety of leisure activities, such as sailing, water skiing, skydiving, fishing and the like. Furthermore, consider the Huka Falls to much tourists. A hydroelectric power station on the Waikato River, as well as a geothermal power used in power generation.

Major event

In the Taupo Ironman New Zealand is since 1984 annually held in February or March. In this triathlon over the Ironman distance is 3.86 km swim, 180.2 km cycling to cope 42.195 km running for the athletes.

Twin Cities

Twin cities of Taupo are:

• Suzhou, China
• Hakone, Japan
• Noumea, New Caledonia French overseas territory