Queenstown
resort town in Otago Region, New Zealand
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Summary
Queenstown is a city[1]. Queenstown ranks in the top 8% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,148 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Queenstown-Lakes District[3]
- Country: New Zealand[4]
- Instance of: urban area[5]
- Shares border with: Mount Aspiring National Park[6], Arthur's Pass National Park[7]
- Founder: William Gilbert Rees[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Masuda[9], Aspen[10], Bariloche[11]
- Postal code: 9300[12]
- Commons category: Queenstown, New Zealand[13]
- Local dialing code: 03[14]
- Inception: January 1863[15]
- Official website: https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Queenstown, New Zealand[17]
- Commons gallery: Queenstown / Tāhuna[18]
- Described at URL: https://openbeta.io/crag/8610f39f-9936-512d-94dc-0845d69c7276[19]
- Population: 29,000[20], 16,000[21]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Queenstown, New Zealand[22]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Queenstown, New Zealand[23]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Queenstown, New Zealand[24]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Queenstown include Queenstown Airport[25], an international airport[26], in New Zealand[27].
Why It Matters
Queenstown has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Queenstown is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for Queenstown include Queenstown Airport[25], an international airport[26], in New Zealand[27].