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Also known as Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand

city on the South Island, New Zealand

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Nelson is a city in New Zealand, located on the South Island within the Insular Oceania continent. It serves as the capital of the Nelson Region and was established in 1841. The city is named after Horatio Nelson and has the native label Whakatū, Nelson. With a population of 51,100, it covers an area of 445 and sits at an elevation of 0 above sea level.

The local dialing code is 03, and postal codes include 7010, 7011, and 7020. Nelson is in the UTC+12:00 time zone. It is twinned with Eureka, Miyazu. The city is described in sources such as The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

Synthesized by Vinony from 52 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Nelson City
Region: Nelson
Country: New Zealand / Aotearoa
Population: 54,400
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Named after: Horatio Nelson
Country: New Zealand
Continent: Insular Oceania
Population: 51100
Area: 445
Elevation: 0
Time zone: UTC+12:00
Capital of: Nelson Region
Image: Nelson New Zealand.jpg
Dialing code: 03

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twinned administrative body: Miyazu
Commons category: Nelson, New Zealand
topic's main category: Category:Nelson, New Zealand
category of associated people: Category:People from Nelson, New Zealand
category for people born here: Category:Births in Nelson, New Zealand
inception: 1841-00-00
postal code: 7020
native label: Nelson
P8168: August Meyszner
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
located in/on physical feature: South Island

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