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'''Waipa District''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Waikato|Waikato region]] of [[New Zealand]] that is administered by the [[Waipa District Council]]. Its most populous town is [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]]. The seat of the council is at the second most populous town, [[Te Awamutu]]. The district is south and south-east of the city of [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]]. It has five wards: [[Te Awamutu]], [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]], [[Pirongia]], Maungatautari and Kakepuku.
Although the official name remains Waipa District,<ref>{{Cite web|title=NZGB Gazetteer|url=https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/15027
==History==
The District was formed from Waipa [[Counties of New Zealand|County Council]] and its town boroughs in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://thecommunityarchive.org.nz/node/66042 |title=Te Awamutu Borough Council|website=thecommunityarchive.org.nz |language=en|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> The county boundaries have varied since five ridings were formed in Waipa county in 1876: [[Ngāruawāhia|Newcastle]], [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], [[Mangapiko Stream|Mangapiko]] North and South,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18761127.2.21 |title=Counties ridings |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=27 November 1876 |language=en|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> [[Rangiaowhia]]''','''<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d3-d17.html |title=Rangiaohia|date=1902 |website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz |access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> and Pukekura.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d3-d32.html |title=Pukekura|date=1902 |website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz |access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref> In 1902, it covered {{Convert|282|mi2|abbr=on}} and had an additional riding, Tuhikaramea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d3-d14.html |title=Te Awamutu|date=1902|website=nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|access-date=2017-04-30}}</ref>
In 1923, Waipa County covered {{Convert|429|mi2|abbr=on}} and had a population of 9,275, with {{Convert|283|mi|abbr=on}} of [[gravel road]]s, {{Convert|506|mi|abbr=on}} of mud roads and {{Convert|153|mi|abbr=on}} of tracks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 Aug 1923|title=KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER Main Highways - Conference at Hamilton|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KSRA19230803.2.27
==Geography==
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