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Whanganui District covers 2,373.27 km 2 (916.32 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 48,600 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 20 people per km 2.All but some 6,100 people in the Whanganui District live in the city itself, meaning there are few prominent outlying settlements.
City in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand Whanganui City Coat of arms Nickname: The River City Motto(s): Sans Dieu Rien, English: Without God Nothing Whanganui Coordinates: 39°55′57″S 175°03′07″E / 39.93250°S 175.05194°E / -39.93250; 175.05194 Country New Zealand Region Manawatū-Whanganui Territorial authority Whanganui District Council Government • Mayor Andrew Tripe ...
The town board was elevated to a borough council in 1872, and then to a city council in 1924 following amalgamation with the town boards of Wanganui East, Gonville and Castlecliff. [4] [5] Wanganui District Council formed after the 1989 local government reforms with the amalgamation of the Wanganui City Council with the Wanganui County Council ...
The Durie Hill Elevator in Whanganui operates as a public transport service in its own right. The region is unique in New Zealand for having an elevator as a public transport mode. The Durie Hill Elevator, in the city of Whanganui, provides access between the city centre and the suburb of Durie Hill and has been operating since 1919. [4] [5]
Manawatū-Whanganui takes up a large proportion of the lower half of the North Island. It is the second-largest local government region in the North Island and the sixth-largest in New Zealand, totalling 22,215 km 2 (8,577 sq mi) (8.1% of New Zealand's land area).
Whanganui Tramways Museum. Whanganui Central had a population of 4,203 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 417 people (11.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 72 people (1.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,878 households, comprising 1,980 males and 2,220 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 705 ...
Sacred Heart College in the 1970s (now Cullinane College) St Johns Hill School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, [6] with a roll of 441 as of November 2024.
Local government reform of 1989 amalgamated various city and council councils – Wanganui District Council includes the old Wanganui City Council, Wanganui County Council and a part of the Waitotara County Council. The motto of the then Wanganui City, and now Wanganui District Council, is 'Sans Dieu Rien' ('Without God, we are nothing'). The ...