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10 de abr. de 2024 · Wellington, capital city, port, and major commercial centre of New Zealand, located in the extreme south of North Island. It lies on the shores and hills surrounding Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), an almost landlocked bay that is ranked among the world’s finest harbours. Mount Victoria rises.
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Wellington [b] is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, [c] and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. [14]
Wellington, regional council, extreme southern North Island, New Zealand. It includes the cities of Wellington (the national capital) and Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Porirua, and Masterton. The broad Hutt River valley, once the locale of dairy farms and market gardens, has absorbed much of Wellington
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Wellington stands at the south-western tip of the North Island on Cook Strait, the passage that separates the North and South Islands. On a clear day the snowcapped Kaikoura Ranges are visible to the south across the strait. To the north stretch the golden beaches of the Kapiti Coast. On the east the Rimutaka Range divides Wellington from the broad...
Wellington is New Zealand's political center, housing Parliament and the head offices of all government ministries and departments, plus the bulk of the foreign diplomatic missions based in New Zealand. Wellington is also the seat of regional and local governments.
Wellington ranks as one of New Zealand’s chief seaports and serves both domestic and international shipping. The port of Wellington handles millions of tons of cargo annually importing petroleum products, motor vehicles, mineralsand exporting meats, wood products, dairy products, wool, and fruit. Cruise ships also use the port. Wellington's economy...
The population of Wellington is 179,466 according to the 2006 census, while the Wellington Region has a population of 448,959. The ethnic make-up of Wellington's population was European 70.1 percent, Asian 13.2 percent, Maori 7.7 percent, Pacific peoples 5.2 percent, and Others 12.7 percent - note: New Zealand's census allows respondents to identif...
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington's oldest university, has its main campus in the hill suburb of Kelburn overlooking the center of the city. It also has two downtown campuses, and a campus in the western suburb of Karori. It was established as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The senate of the University of New Ze...
The city's new arts center, Toi Poneke, serves as a nexus of creative projects, collaborations, and multi-disciplinary production. Wellington is home to Te Papa Tongarewa (the Museum of New Zealand), the Museum of Wellington City and Sea, the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Museum, Colonial Cottage, the New Zealand Cricket Museum, the Cable Car Muse...
Sister cities 1. Beijing, People's Republic of China 2. Xiamen, Fujian, People's Republic of China 3. Sakai, Osaka, Japan Historical sister cities 1. Harrogate, England, United Kingdom 2. Hania, Crete, Greece Friendly sister city 1. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Geology of the Wellington Region. The Wellington Region of New Zealand has a foundation of Torlesse Greywacke rocks, that make up the Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges, that go from Wellington in the south to the Manawatū Gorge, where they are renamed as the Ruahine Ranges, and continue further north-northeast, towards East Cape. To the ...
Há 1 dia · New Zealand, island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the southwesternmost part of Polynesia. The country comprises two main islands—the North and South islands—and a number of small islands, some of them hundreds of miles from the main group. The capital city is Wellington and the largest urban area Auckland.
New Zealand's capital city, Wellington is situated in the centre of this region. The subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate drives rapid uplift in the centre of the South Island (approx. 10 millimetres (0.39 in) per year). This uplift forms the Southern Alps.
