Broader Places
Canterbury (New Zealand) (5569)
Place Type inhabited place
Other Place Typescity, industrial center, university center
Alternative TermsCHCH; CHC
Latitude -43.550
Longitude 172.667
Located on Avon river, in New Zealand's most productive agricultural region; was founded by English Anglicans; has been the largest South Island city since 1895.
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