Wellington City

territorial authority district in New Zealand
AdministrativeArea administrative_territorial_entity_of_new_zealand Q47037646
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Wellington City

Summary

Wellington City is an administrative territorial entity of New Zealand[1].

Key Facts

  • Wellington City is located in Wellington Region[2].
  • Wellington City is in the country of New Zealand[3].
  • Wellington City is on the body of water Wellington Harbour[4].
  • Wellington City is on the body of water Tasman Sea[5].
  • Wellington City is on the body of water Cook Strait[6].
  • Wellington City's head of government is recorded as Celia Wade-Brown[7].
  • Wellington City's head of government is recorded as Justin Lester[8].
  • Wellington City's head of government is recorded as Andy Foster[9].
  • Wellington City's image is recorded as Lambton Harbour, Wellington.jpg[10].
  • Wellington City's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity of New Zealand[11].
  • Wellington City's instance of is recorded as political territorial entity[12].
  • Wellington City's instance of is recorded as district of New Zealand[13].
  • Wellington City's shares border with is recorded as Lower Hutt City[14].
  • Wellington City's shares border with is recorded as Porirua City[15].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Beijing[16].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sydney[17].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Xiamen[18].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Canberra[19].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sakai[20].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chania[21].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Harrogate[22].
  • Wellington City's twinned administrative body is recorded as Çanakkale[23].
  • Wellington City's locator map image is recorded as Wellington City within Wellington Region.png[24].
  • Wellington City's Commons category is recorded as Wellington City[25].
  • Wellington City's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4266321[26].

Body

Geography

Wellington City is in the country of New Zealand[3]. It is located in Wellington Region[2]. Adjacent water bodies include Wellington Harbour[4], a harbor[27], in New Zealand[28]; Tasman Sea[5], a sea[29], in Australia[30]; and Cook Strait[6], a strait[31], in New Zealand[32].

Physical Characteristics

Wellington City's area is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q712226', 'amount': '+290.11'}[33]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}[34]. Population counts include {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+215400'}[35] and {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+202737'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include administrative territorial entity of New Zealand[11], political territorial entity[12], and district of New Zealand[13].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . stuff.co.nz. stuff.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . stuff.co.nz. stuff.co.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wellington.govt.nz. wellington.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wellington.govt.nz. wellington.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] ↑ . nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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