Local time
Fri, 2:22 PM GMT+13Pacific/AucklandCityCapital
Wellington
41.30° S, 174.78° E
- Population
- 393,400
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 2 of 22
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 22 cities of New Zealand in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of New Zealand, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1839
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Area
- 444 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Administrative unit
- Wellington City
- The administrative unit Wikidata files this city under (P131), one level below the state. The state itself is shown on its own row and is not repeated here; a city filed under more than three units shows no row at all.
- Named after
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Wikidata · P138 · checked 2026-09-20
- Time zone
- Pacific/Auckland
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Wellington, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Wellington have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name was given in 1840 after Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, who was famous for his victory at Waterloo in 1815 and was a benefactor of the New Zealand Company.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
