Opawa

This article is about the suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. For places in Poland, see Opawa (disambiguation). For the city in the Czech Republic, see Opava.

Opawa
Opawa
Coordinates: 43°33′05″S 172°39′43″E / 43.551342°S 172.661937°E / -43.551342; 172.661937Coordinates: 43°33′05″S 172°39′43″E / 43.551342°S 172.661937°E / -43.551342; 172.661937
Area
• Total	1.9710 km² (0.7610 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	3,360
• Density	1,700/km² (4,400/sq mi)

Opawa is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 2.5 kilometres south-east of the city centre.

The name is a contraction of Ōpāwaho, which means a place of ('o') an outer pā or outpost ('paawaho') in Māori. Ōpāwaho or Opaawaho is the Māori name for the Heathcote River.^[1]

References

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↑ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling, ed. Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. pp. 287f. ISBN 978-0-14-320410-7.

Suburbs of Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand

Main suburbs	Aranui Belfast Bishopdale Burnside Cashmere Central City Fendalton Halswell Hornby Linwood Merivale New Brighton Papanui Riccarton Shirley St Albans Sumner Sydenham Woolston

Minor suburbs	Addington Aidanfield Avondale Avonhead Avonside Barrington Beckenham Bexley Bottle Lake Bridgend Bromley Brooklands Broomfield Burwood Bryndwr Casebrook Chaneys Clifton Coutts Island Cracroft Dallington Edgeware Ferrymead Harewood Heathcote Valley Hei Hei Hillmorton Hillsborough Hoon Hay Huntsbury Hyde Park Ilam Islington Kainga Kennedys Bush Mairehau Marshland Masham Middleton Moncks Bay Mount Pleasant Murray Aynsley Hill North Linwood North New Brighton Northcote Northwood Oaklands Opawa Ouruhia Parklands Phillipstown Queenspark Redcliffs Redwood Richmond Richmond Hill Richmond South Russley St Andrews Hill St Martins Scarborough Sockburn Somerfield South New Brighton Southshore Spencerville Spreydon Stewarts Gully Strowan Styx Taylors Mistake Upper Riccarton Waimairi Beach Wainoni Waltham Westlake Westmorland Wigram Yaldhurst

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