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Ophir and Ida
Valley are located in Central Otago in new Zealand. Ophir is a
small city located between Alexandra and Ranfurly. Not far from
Ophir you will find the Manuherikia River. And Ida Valley is
between Maniototo plains and the valley of Manuherikia. Ophir
was in the past, exactly around the year 1863, known as Blacks
as gold was discovered in Central Otago. At this particular time
the town had a population up to one thousand, but nowadays the
population is only of around fifty. The town of Ophir is also
known for the lowest official temperature in New Zealand, in
July 1995, which was minus 21.6 degrees Celsius. Ophir comes
from Hebrew, it was known in the Bible as a region or a port,
and it was famous for its fortune at this time. Ophir was also
the name of one of the children of Joktan. Ophir is a usual name
used by the Israelis people, it most of the time written “Ofir”.
Ida Valley is also not a much populated area; farming is one of
the main industries of this place. The climate in Ophir or Ida
Valley may be extremely hot or cold and it hasn’t so much
rainfall during a year. These are quiet and relaxed region, it
is nice if you want to spend quiet holidays and forget the
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