Nelson

Also known as Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand

ciudad de Nueva Zelanda

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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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Article · Español

La ciudad de Nelson está cerca del centro de Nueva Zelanda, en la costa de la y en el extremo septentrional de la Isla Sur, y es una autoridad unitaria. Nelson es un centro de artesanía y todos los años alberga acontecimientos como el Festival de las Artes de Nelson. Los premios de arte ponible "Wearable Art Awards" comenzaron cerca de Nelson y en la actualidad hay un museo que los celebra cerca del aeropuerto. Brightwater, cerca de Nelson, es el lugar donde nació Ernest Rutherford, físico ganador del Premio Nobel, cuya imagen aparece en el billete de 100 dólares neozelandeses, el de mayor denominación que circula en Nueva Zelanda. Nelson lleva su nombre en honor del almirante Horatio Nelson, que derrotó a la flota franco-española en la batalla de Trafalgar de 1805. Muchas de las carreteras y zonas públicas que se encuentran alrededor de la ciudad llevan el nombre de personas y barcos asociados con la batalla. Trafalgar Street es el principal eje de la ciudad. Los habitantes de Nelson se llama nelsonianos. El nombre maorí de Nelson, Whakatū, significa 'construir', 'elevar', o 'establecer'.

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