Palmerston North is a city on New Zealand's North Island and the seat of the Manawatu-Whanganui region, located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank of the Manawatu River, about 140 kilometres north of the capital, Wellington. Its urban population was 81,200, with an estimated city population of 90,500, making it the country's eighth largest urban area.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude40.354911 degrees south 1 Longitude175.609511 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Palmerston North (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1877-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 81,500 (2020)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -40.354911, longitude 175.609511
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 46 m
P2046 (area)
area 326.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 81500 (2020)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Palmerston North - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2185018
-40.35636 175.61113 P PPLA NZ F3 040 90500 34 Pacific/Auckland
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 34 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -40.25, 175.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -40.25, 175.75
-40.25 175.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Palmerston North
Wikidata Q212289, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Palmerston North (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Australia and New Zealand (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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