Broader Places
Auckland (New Zealand) (10007)
Place Type inhabited place
Other Place Typescity, capital, port, transportation center, industrial center, university center
Alternative TermsAKLD; AKL
Latitude -36.917
Longitude 174.783
Largest city & former capital (replaced by Wellington); principal port; monuments include City Art Gallery, War Memorial Museum (houses large collection of Maori artifacts); has largest concentration Maoris in nation, & large Polynesian population.
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