Geography Statistics of New Zealand

New Zealand's Information

Land Area	264,537 km²
Water Area	4,301 km²
Total Area	268,838km² (#75)
Population	4,474,549 (#126)
Population Density	16.91/km²
Government Type	Parliamentary Democracy (New Zealand Parliament) Under A Constitutional Monarchy; A Commonwealth Realm
GDP (PPP)	$175.00 Billion
GDP Per Capita	$37,100
Currency	Dollar (NZD)
More Information	New Zealand
Largest Cities	Auckland (417,910) Wellington (381,900) Christchurch (363,926) Manukau City (362,000) Waitakere (208,100) North Shore (207,865) Hamilton (152,641) Dunedin (114,347) Tauranga (110,338) Lower Hutt (101,194) View all cities in New Zealand

Coastline: 9,400 miles (15,134 km) (includes all New Zealand coastal islands)
Land Area:
(land) 103,737 sq miles (268,680 sq km) (includes coastal islands and the Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands and Stewert Island)
(water) 416 sq miles (1,080 sq km)
(TOTAL) 104,154 sq miles (269,760 sq km)

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Land Area: (all countries)
Land Divisions: There are 16 administrative divisions and 1 territory** in New Zealand. They are Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Chatham Islands**, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Wellington and West Coast.
Regions (largest by population) Auckland, 1,371
Regions (largest by size) Canterbury 17,700 sq miles (45,845 sq km)
Horizontal Width: 152.32 miles (245.13 km) from New Plymouth east to Napier
Vertical Length: Around 1,910 km (1,186 mi)

Note: Lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections
Bordering Countries: (0)
Geographic Center: (North Island) About 22.2 miles (35.727 km) southeast of Rotorua
Geographic Center: (South Island) About 17.6 miles (28.324 km) southeast of Whataroa
Highest Point: Mt. Cook (Aoraki) standing at 12,316 feet (3,754 m)
Lowest Point: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
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This page was last updated on May 14, 2018.

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New Zealand unitary authorities, regional councils, 0 & their capitals

Region	Capital
Auckland	Auckland
Bay of Plenty	Whakatane
Canturbury	Christchurch
Chatham Islands Territory	Waitangi
Gisborne District	Gisborne
Hawke's Bay	Napier
Manawatu-Wanganui	Palmerston North
Marlborough District	Blenheim
Nelson	Nelson
Northland	Whangarei
Otago	Dunedin
Southland	Invercargill
Taranaki	New Plymouth
Tasman District	Richmond
Waikato	Hamilton
Wellington	Wellington
West Coast	Greymouth