South Island
Canterbury
Ashburton District

Ashburton

Ashburton is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Ashburton District Council.
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  • Type: Town with 20,500 residents
  • Description: town in New Zealand’s South Island
  • Also known as: “Ashburton, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ashburton Art Gallery and Heritage Centre and Ashburton Public Library.

Museum
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
is an art gallery and museum complex located in the town of Ashburton, New Zealand, owned and operated by the Ashburton District Council.

Library
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

School
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allenton and Tinwald.

Suburb
is a suburb of Ashburton, in the and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's . The suburb has its own rugby club. Ashburton Hospital is located in .

Suburb
is a town in , New Zealand, located approximately 3 kilometres south of Ashburton, from which it is separated by the . is situated 3 km southwest of Ashburton.

Quarter
is a town in the , New Zealand. According to the 2001 New Zealand census it had a population of 1185, of which 612 were male and 573 were female. is situated 6 km northeast of Ashburton.

Ashburton

Latitude
-43.90244° or 43° 54′ 9″ south
Longitude
171.75033° or 171° 45′ 1″ east
Population
20,500
Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)
Named after
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
IATA airport code
ASG
United Nations Location Code
NZ ASG
Open location code
4V8H3QX2+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 259582542
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6217081
Wiki­data ID
Q724923
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ashburton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أشبورتون”
  • Asturian: “Ashburton”
  • Basque: “Ashburton (Zeelanda Berria)”
  • Basque: “Ashburton”
  • Catalan: “Ashburton”
  • Cebuano: “Ashburton”
  • Chinese: “艾士伯頓 (紐西蘭)”
  • Chinese: “艾士伯顿 (纽西兰)”
  • Chinese: “阿什伯頓 (紐西蘭)”
  • Chinese: “阿什伯頓”
  • Chinese: “阿什伯顿”
  • Danish: “Ashburton”
  • Dutch: “Ashburton (stad in Nieuw-Zeeland)”
  • Dutch: “Ashburton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اشبورتون”
  • Esperanto: “Ashburton”
  • Faroese: “Ashburton”
  • French: “Ashburton (Nouvelle-Zélande)”
  • French: “Ashburton”
  • French: “District d’Ashburton”
  • German: “Ashburton”
  • Italian: “distretto di Ashburton”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Ashburton”
  • Japanese: “アシュバートン (ニュージーランド)”
  • Japanese: “アシュバートン”
  • Japanese: “アッシュバートン (ニュージーランド)”
  • Kalaallisut: “Ashburton”
  • Korean: “애슈버턴 (뉴질랜드)”
  • Korean: “애슈버턴”
  • Macedonian: “Ешбертон”
  • Malay: “Ashburton, New Zealand”
  • Maori: “Hakatere”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ashburton”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ashburton på New Zealand”
  • Norwegian: “Ashburton”
  • Polish: “Ashburton”
  • Portuguese: “Ashburton (Nova Zelândia)”
  • Portuguese: “Ashburton”
  • Russian: “Ашбертон (Новая Зеландия)”
  • Russian: “Ашбертон”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ashburton”
  • Silesian: “Ashburton (Nowo Zylandyjo)”
  • Silesian: “Ashburton”
  • Swedish: “Ashburton, Nya Zeeland”
  • Swedish: “Ashburton”
  • Turkish: “Ashburton”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашбертон”
  • Urdu: “ایشبرٹن، نیوزی لینڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ایشبرٹن”

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Highlights include New Zealand Post and Baring Square East.

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