Place details
Place nameAuckland
Other namesAKLD, AKL, Central Auckland, Auckland City
CountryNew Zealand
Latitude-36.917
Longitude174.783
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
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.