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Carterton

town in New Zealand
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Summary

Carterton is a town[1]. Carterton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Carterton District[3], Wellington Region[4]
  • Country: New Zealand[5]
  • Named after: Charles Carter[6]
  • Postal code: 5713[7]
  • Commons category: Carterton, New Zealand[8]
  • Local dialing code: 06[9]
  • Inception: 1857[10]
  • Population: 5390[11], 5343[12], 5800[13]
  • Capital of: Carterton District[14]
  • Native label: Carterton[15]
  • Different from: Carterton[16]
  • Elevation above sea level: 77 m[17]

Why It Matters

Carterton has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Carterton is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Prosperosity · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Carterton District, Wellington Region
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Carterton
    Located in → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wellington Region"
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