Nelson Region
Nelson is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island. It is in a region often known as Nelson Bays or the "Top of the South" and is actually slightly north of the capital city of Wellington in the North Island.Places of Interest
Highlights include Trafalgar Park and Theatre Royal.
Trafalgar Park
Stadium
Trafalgar Park is a sports ground located beside the…
Nelson Provincial Museum
Museum
The Nelson Provincial Museum, Pupuri Taonga O Te Tai…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toi Toi and The Wood.
The Wood
Suburb
The Wood is a suburb of Nelson, New Zealand.
Nelson Region
- …has 54,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
- Location
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Latitude
-41.2709° or 41° 16′ 15″ south
Longitude
173.284° or 173° 17′ 2″ east
Open location code
4VCMP7HM+JJ
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Armenian—“Nelson Region” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኔልሰን ክልል”
- Azerbaijani: “Nelson regionu”
- Belarusian: “Нельсан”
- Bengali: “নেলসন অঞ্চল”
- Cebuano: “Nelson”
- Dutch: “Nelson”
- French: “Nelson”
- German: “Nelson”
- Hausa: “Yankuwar Nelson”
- Hindi: “नेल्सन क्षेत्र”
- Japanese: “ネルソン地方”
- Javanese: “Wilayah Nelson”
- Kannada: “ನೆಲ್ಸನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Нельсон облысы”
- Kirghiz: “Нельсон аймагы”
- Korean: “넬슨 지방”
- Macedonian: “Нелсон”
- Malay: “Wilayah Nelson”
- Maori: “Whakatū”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة نيلصون”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Nelson”
- Panjabi: “ਨੈਲਸਨ ਖੇਤਰ”
- Persian: “منطقه نلسون”
- Polish: “Nelson”
- Portuguese: “Região de Nelson”
- Pushto: “نیلسن سیمه”
- Russian: “Нельсон”
- Slovenian: “Nelson Region”
- Somali: “Gobolka Nelson”
- Spanish: “Región de Nelson”
- Swahili: “Kikoa cha Nelson”
- Swedish: “Nelson”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Нельсон”
- Tatar: “Нельсон регионы”
- Ukrainian: “Нельсон”
- Uzbek: “Nelson viloyati”
- Western Armenian: “Նելսըն”
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Localities in the Area
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