The longest town name is 163 characters long and its a town in Thailand

The longest town name

The longest town name in the world is;
Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphop-
nopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatar-nsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit
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Longest town name in Wales

Very often the town with the name
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
is mentioned as the longest town name of the world, but it only comes in third on the list of longest place names.

Longest town name in New Zealand

The second place is hold by New Zealand who have a name for a hill that consists of 92 letters:
Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuaakitanarahu.
This one is actually entered in the Guiness Book of Records and is said to mean:
“The place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed, and swallowed mountains, known as land eater, played his flute to his loved one.”

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