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1062:Thames School of Mines
1057:Thames railway station
1017:Coromandel Forest Park
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986:Mercury Bay
956:Castle Rock
777:Ngarimu Bay
750:Thames Ward
721:Rings Beach
716:Otama Beach
681:Cooks Beach
655:Kennedy Bay
606:New Zealand
451:26 December
323:2006 census
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236:Cooks Beach
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184:New Zealand
128:Electorates
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1144:Categories
1086:Government
845:Whangamata
762:Kauaeranga
736:Whenuakite
731:Whangapoua
726:Te Rerenga
665:Motutakapu
650:Coromandel
476:25 October
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149:Government
135:Coromandel
54:36°54′44″S
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741:Whitianga
706:Matarangi
370:Education
352:Christian
192:Whitianga
840:Opoutere
772:Matatoki
757:Hikutaia
701:Kūaotunu
686:Coroglen
645:Colville
360:Buddhist
332:, 10.5%
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228:Coroglen
196:Coroglen
164:Postcode
102:District
888:Islands
866:Pauanui
835:Onemana
797:Te Puru
792:Te Mata
340:, 1.7%
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260:±% p.a.
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82:Country
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861:Hikuai
812:Waiomu
802:Thames
782:Puriri
660:Manaia
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330:Pākehā
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212:Tairua
92:Region
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378:Notes
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787:Tapu
767:Kopu
615:Seat
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