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Parnell

Parnell is a suburb of , New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's most affluent suburbs, consistently ranked within the top three wealthiest, and is often billed as Auckland's "oldest suburb" since it dates from the earliest days of the European settlement of Auckland in 1841.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 7,670 residents
  • Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Parnell, Auckland” and “Parnell, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. John the Baptist, Parnell and Scarborough Reserve.

Church
Photo: Bjankuloski06, CC BY 4.0.
Church of St. John the Baptist is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic church located in Parnell, a suburb of , in the of New Zealand.

Park
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.
is a park.

Museum
Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as Auckland Museum, is one of 's most important museums and . Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the , near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlaw Park and Mechanics Bay.

Neighborhood
Photo: Gadfium, Public domain.
was a multi-purpose stadium in Parnell, a central suburb of , . It neighboured the 's Northern end. It was primarily used for rugby league and had a peak spectator capacity of around 28,000 in the 1930s, though this fell to around 17,000 by the time the ground was closed in 2002.

Quarter
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a reclaimed bay on the in , New Zealand. It is also the name of the area of the former bay that is now mainly occupied by commercial and port facilities.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Parnell

Latitude
-36.85548° or 36° 51′ 20″ south
Longitude
174.78056° or 174° 46′ 50″ east
Population
7,670
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
Named after
John Parnell, 2nd Baron Congleton
Open location code
4VMP4QVJ+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 62197811
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2184846
Wiki­data ID
Q3365637
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Turkish—“Parnell” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Parnell”
  • Cebuano: “Parnell”
  • Chinese: “帕内尔”
  • Chinese: “帕奈尔”
  • French: “Parnell”
  • Japanese: “パーネル”
  • Macedonian: “Парнел”
  • Maori: “Panēra”
  • Slovenian: “Parnell”
  • Spanish: “Parnell (Auckland)”
  • Spanish: “Parnell (Nueva Zelanda)”
  • Spanish: “Parnell”
  • Turkish: “Parnell”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint John the Baptist and Parnell Post Centre.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Parnell”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.