Gasselterboerveenschemond is the longest place name here in the Netherlands. But that's nothing compared to Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateahaumaitawhitiurehaeaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
With a whopping 105 letters it's officially the longest place name in the world. It is the Maori name for a hill in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Although some claim that it's Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit in Thailand which is 163 letters long.
Here are the 5 Longest Place Names In The World.
(thanks Ben)
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Those would take you half a day to pronounce...on a good day. How would you fit that on an official document?
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