Wellington
capital city of New Zealand; urban area of the cities of Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua
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Summary
Wellington is an urban area[1]. Wellington ranks in the top 2% of urban area entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,017 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wellington City[4]
- Country: New Zealand[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Cook Strait[6]
- Continent: Oceania[7], Australian continent[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], national capital[10]
- Named after: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Beijing[12]
- Spectral class: http://www.viaf.org/viaf/146566340[13]
- Postal code: 5010[14], 5011[15], 5012[16], 5013[17], 5014[18], 5016[19], 5018[20], 5019[21], 5022[22], 5024[23], 5026[24], 5028[25], 6011[26], 6012[27]
- Commons category: Wellington urban area[28]
- Local dialing code: 04[29]
- Has part(s): Lower Hutt[30], Upper Hutt[31], Porirua[32], Wellington urban area[33]
- Inception: January 1, 1839[34]
- Coordinate location: -41.288888888889, 174.77722222222[35]
- Significant event: climate emergency declaration in New Zealand[36]
- Official website: https://wellingtonnz.com[37]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wellington[38]
- Commons gallery: Wellington[39]
- Population: 216,200[40], 215,100[41], 58,563[42], 64,372[43], 73,305[44]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[45], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[47], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[49], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[50], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[51]
- Capital of: New Zealand[52], Dominion of New Zealand[53]
- Present in work: Civilization V[54]
- Official name: Wellington[55], Te Whanganui-a-Tara[56]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Wellington[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Wellington include Wellington Airport[58], an international airport[59], in New Zealand[60], founded in 1959[61] and Doris wellingtonensis[62], a taxon[63].
Why It Matters
Wellington has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Wellington is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Wellington include Wellington Airport[58], an international airport[59], in New Zealand[60], founded in 1959[61] and Doris wellingtonensis[62], a taxon[63].