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Whanganui
Sign in to saveWhanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of as of .
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Place details
- Locality
- Whanganui
- Region
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Country
- New Zealand / Aotearoa
- Population
- 49,200
- Timezone
- Pacific/Auckland
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Whanganui
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Whanganui River to Dublin Street Bridge.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Whanganui.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Whanganui coat of arms full achievement.svg
- Settlement.motto
- Sans Dieu Rien,English: Without God Nothing
- Settlement.nickname
- The River City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- New Zealand
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- New Zealand
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Whanganui
- Country
- New Zealand
- Located in
- Whanganui District
- Population
- +42200
- Area
- +2.3727
- Body of water
- Whanganui River
- Official website
- www.visitwhanganui.nz
- Image
- NZL-wanganui-zentrum.jpg
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Article
42 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Controversy over Wanganui/Whanganui spelling
- History
- Māori settlement
- European settlement
- Wanganui Women's Political League
- 20th century
- Geography
- Suburbs and localities
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Whanganui District
- Culture
- Cultural institutions
- Sarjeant Gallery collection
- Whanganui Regional Museum collection
- Other arts
- Landmarks and buildings
- Local attractions
- Bason Botanic Gardens
- Bushy Park Tarapuruhi
- Social and religious history
- Early institutions
- People, early recorders of social history
- Contemporary institutions
- Sports
- Rugby
- Athletics
- Motor-racing
- Horse racing
- Infrastructure
- Transport
- Energy
- Water
- Education
- Media
- Sister cities
- Image gallery
- Notes
- References
- External links
Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whanganui is the 19th most-populous urban area in New Zealand and the second-most-populous in Manawatū-Whanganui, with a population of as of .
Whanganui is the ancestral home of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi and other Whanganui Māori tribes. The New Zealand Company began to settle the area in 1840, establishing its second settlement after Wellington. In the early years, most European settlers came via Wellington. Whanganui greatly expanded in the 1870s, and freezing works, woollen mills, phosphate works and wool stores were established in the town. Today, much of Whanganui's economy relates directly to the fertile and prosperous farming hinterland.