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Auckland

Tāmaki Makaurau (Māori)
* top: Downtown Auckland * upper left: Piha * bottom left: Auckland Town Hall * upper richt: Auckland Museum * centre richt: Viaduct Harbour * bottom richt: Waitakere Ranges

Eik-name(s): 
Ceety o Sails,
SuperCeety (sometimes ironically),
Queen Ceety (archaic)
Auckland is located in New Zealand
Auckland
Auckland
Coordinates ([1]): 36°50′25.50″S 174°44′23.53″E / 36.8404167°S 174.7398694°E / -36.8404167; 174.7398694Coordinates: 36°50′25.50″S 174°44′23.53″E / 36.8404167°S 174.7398694°E / -36.8404167; 174.7398694
Kintra New Zealand
IslandNorth Island
RegionAuckland
Territorial authorityAuckland
Settled bi Māoric. 1350
Settled bi Europeans1840
Local buirds
Govrenment
 • MayorLen Brown
Area
 • Urban
482.9 km2 (186.4 sq mi)
 • Metro559.2 km2 (215.9 sq mi)
Highest elevation
196 m (643 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (June 2018)[3]
 • Urban
1,570,100
 • Urban density3,300/km2 (8,400/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,618,400
 • Demonym
Aucklander
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode(s)
0500-2999
Area code(s)09
Local iwiNgāti Whātua, Tainui
Websitewww.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Auckland (kent in the Māori leid as Tamaki Makaurau) is the lairgest ceety o New Zealand. It is situatit at the North o the North Isle. Auckland haes a population o 1,570,100 - 32 percent o New Zealand's population.[3]

References

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  1. "GEOnet Names Server (GNS)". Archived frae the original on 12 August 2005.Archived 2011-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Monitoring Research Quarterly, March 2011 Volume 4 Issue 1, page 4 (from the Auckland council website)
  3. a b "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 Januar 2020. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006–18 (2017 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.