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The three largest islands stretch 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) across latitudes 35° to 47° south. [2] New Zealand is the sixth-largest island country in the world, with a land size of 268,680 km 2 (103,740 sq mi). [3] New Zealand's landscapes range from the fiord-like sounds of the southwest to the sandy beaches of the subtropical Far North.
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
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450 km 2 (172 sq mi) – 45,350 km 2 (17,508 ... New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes. ... 12 Marlborough [a]
New Zealand: 270,534: Country in Oceania. Includes Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island, Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands. Excludes Niue (260 km 2), the Cook Islands (236 km 2) and Tokelau (12 km 2), as well as the Antarctic claim of Ross Dependency (450,000 km 2). Colorado: 269,601: State of the United ...
Southland Region covers 31,218.95 km 2 (12,053.70 sq mi). [1] It has an estimated population of 106,100 as of June 2024, 2.0% of New Zealand's population. [2] It is the country's second-most sparsely populated region (after the West Coast), with 3.40 people per square kilometre (8.80 per square mile).
A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island , with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [ 1 ] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
In the 2013 census, around 25.3 percent of the Wellington region's population was born overseas, second only to Auckland (39.1 percent) and on par with the New Zealand average (25.2 percent). The British Isles is the largest region of origin, accounting for 36.5 percent of the overseas-born population in the region.