Cities

Wellington

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Wellington." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/wellington.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Wellington. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/wellington

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-wellington,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Wellington},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/wellington},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand, at the southwestern tip of the North Island between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. First settled by Europeans and named in 1840, it is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state and New Zealand's third-largest city, known for its windy climate.

Facts

Population

210,800 1

June 2025 estimate (territorial authority area), from Wellington's own Wikipedia infobox.

Area (sq km)

289.91 1

Founding Year

1840 1

1840 is the year of the first organized European settlement and the naming of the city, the date the infobox itself gives.

Population Estimate Year

2025 1

Latitude