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Invercargill

Also known as Waihōpai

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It is catalogued under topics including Former provincial capitals of New Zealand, Invercargill and Populated places in the Southland Region.

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Place details

Locality: Invercargill City
Region: Southland
Country: New Zealand / Aotearoa
Population: 58,000
Timezone: Pacific/Auckland

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Invercargill
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.named_for: – Scottish Gaelic for river's mouth and William Cargill
Settlement.image_skyline: Spring in Esk Street - Invercargill.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Spring in 2005, Esk Street, Invercargill
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Invercargill (council).svg
Settlement.image_shield: Invercargill coat of arms full achievement (only mural crown).svg
Settlement.shield_link: Invercargill City Council#Coat of arms
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Flag of Invercargill (coat of arms).svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Coat of arms flag
Settlement.motto: English: "For the Benefit of the Community"
Settlement.image_map: Invercargill in the South Island.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Invercargill in the South Island
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: New Zealand
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Island
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Communities

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Wikidata facts

Population: 50200
Area: 491
Elevation: 0
Official website: icc.govt.nz
Image: Downtown Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.jpg
Dialing code: 03

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Commons category: Invercargill
Commons gallery: Invercargill
inception: 1853-00-00
native label: Invercargill
P8168: Juancheng County
P12749: February 20

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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|Civic Theatre Invercargill is named after William Cargill, Superintendent of Otago Province from 1853 to 1859, when Southland was part of Otago Province.

Invercargill has a population of about 51,000.

Many of the central city streets are named after rivers of Scotland and northern England.

See

Because of its southerly location, Invercargill's a good place to view the aurora australis or Southern Lights, unless you fancy an expensive and uncomfortable sojourn on one of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. It's not ideally located for seeing them and travellers should not expect a display every night, but the magnetic pole's offset helps and it's certainly a lot cheaper than taking a boat into Antarctic waters. However, the city's night skies are not exactly dark, so you might want to take a flight or boat to nearby Stewart Island or just drive out into the surrounding countryside.

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Invercargill can be a base to explore southern New Zealand. Bluff – a small town about 30 km south of Invercargill, at the bottom of the South Island, and the closest place on the mainland to Antarctica Stewart Island is New Zealand's third largest island and is visible from Invercargill and many parts of surrounding Southland. You can either fly from Invercargill Airport or take a ferry from Bluff. The Catlins Mataura – on State Highway 1 heading north-east Fiordland, Milford Sound, Queenstown

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Toponymy
History
Geography
Suburbs
Inner Invercargill suburbs
Outer Invercargill localities
Climate
Demographics
Urban area
Government
Local
National
Economy
Liquor licensing trusts
Brewing
Tourism
Banking
Culture
Sport
Music
Education
Tertiary
Secondary schools
Primary schools
Transport
Infrastructure and services
Notable residents
Sister cities
Current sister cities
Former sister city
See also
Notes
References
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Invercargill ( , ) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains to the east of the Ōreti or New River some north of Bluff, which is the southernmost town in the South Island. It sits amid rich farmland that is bordered by large areas of conservation land and marine reserves, including Fiordland National Park covering the south-west corner of the South Island and the Catlins coastal region.

Many streets in the city, especially in the centre and main shopping district, are named after rivers in Scotland. These include the main streets Dee and Tay, as well as those named after the Tweed, Forth, Tyne, Esk, Don, Ness, Yarrow, Spey, Eye and Ythan rivers, amongst others.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Invercargill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.