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Invercargill City

Invercargill

Invercargill, the most southerly city in , was built in the late 19th and early 20th century, and its wide streets and century old buildings give the visitor a unique feeling of stepping back in time to when business was conducted in a more sedate and considered manner and the streets were paved with Central gold.
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  • Type: City with 49,900 residents
  • Description: city in New Zealand’s Southland region
  • Also known as: “Waihōpai”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Civic Theatre and Southland Museum and Art Gallery.

Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The is a theatrical venue in the southern New Zealand city of Invercargill. The theatre is located in Tay Street, in the centre of the city.

Historic site
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The Niho o te Taniwha is located in Gala Street, Invercargill, New Zealand. It is 's largest cultural and heritage institution, and contains a wide variety of the region's art, history and natural history collections.

Church
Photo: Nelson Pérez, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Windsor and Richmond.

Suburb
is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

Suburb
is a suburb of 's southernmost city, Invercargill.

Suburb
is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

Invercargill

Latitude
-46.4118° or 46° 24′ 43″ south
Longitude
168.3471° or 168° 20′ 49″ east
Population
49,900
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Inception
1853
Named after
William Cargill
IATA airport code
IVC
United Nations Location Code
NZ IVC
Open location code
4V5CH8QW+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 966608500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2189529
Wiki­data ID
Q31805
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Invercargill” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Invercargill”
  • Arabic: “إنفركارجل”
  • Armenian: “Ինվերկարգիլ”
  • Asturian: “Invercargill”
  • Basque: “Invercargill”
  • Belarusian: “Інверкаргіл”
  • Bengali: “ইনভেকাগিল”
  • Bislama: “Invercargill”
  • Catalan: “Invercargill”
  • Catalan: “Waihopai”
  • Catalan: “Waihōpai”
  • Cebuano: “Invercargill”
  • Chinese: “因佛卡吉爾”
  • Chinese: “因弗卡吉尔”
  • Chinese: “因弗卡吉爾”
  • Czech: “Invercargill”
  • Danish: “Invercargill”
  • Dutch: “Invercargill”
  • Dutch: “Waihōpai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “انفركارجل”
  • Esperanto: “Invercargill”
  • Esperanto: “Inverkargilo”
  • Esperanto: “Waihōpai”
  • Finnish: “Invercargill”
  • French: “District d’Invercargill”
  • French: “Invercargill”
  • French: “Waihōpai”
  • Galician: “Invercargill”
  • Georgian: “ინვერკარგილი”
  • German: “Invercargill”
  • German: “Waihōpai”
  • Greek: “Ινβερκάργκιλ”
  • Greek: “Ινβέρκαργκιλ”
  • Gujarati: “ઇનવરકારગિલ”
  • Hebrew: “אינברקרגיל”
  • Hindi: “इनवर्करगिल”
  • Hindi: “इन्वरकार्गिल”
  • Hindi: “इन्वर्कार्गिल”
  • Indonesian: “Invercargill”
  • Irish: “Invercargill”
  • Irish: “Waihōpai”
  • Italian: “Invercargill”
  • Italian: “Waihōpai”
  • Japanese: “インヴァーカーギル”
  • Japanese: “インヴァカーギル”
  • Japanese: “インバーカーギル”
  • Japanese: “インバカーギル”
  • Kalaallisut: “Invercargill”
  • Kannada: “ಇನ್ವರ್ಕಾರ್ಗಿಲ್”
  • Korean: “인버카길 시”
  • Korean: “인버카길”
  • Latin: “Invercargill”
  • Latin: “Ostium Cargillense”
  • Latvian: “Invercargill”
  • Latvian: “Inverkargila”
  • Latvian: “Waihōpai”
  • Lithuanian: “Invercargill”
  • Lithuanian: “Inverkargilas”
  • Lithuanian: “Waihōpai”
  • Malagasy: “Invercargill”
  • Malay: “Invercargill”
  • Maori: “Invercargill”
  • Maori: “Wai hōpai”
  • Maori: “Waihopai”
  • Maori: “Waihōpai”
  • Marathi: “इन्व्हरकारगिल”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “إينڤيركارݣل”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Invercargill”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Invercargill”
  • Norwegian: “Invercargill”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Invercargill”
  • Persian: “اینورکارگیل”
  • Polish: “Invercargill”
  • Portuguese: “Invercargill”
  • Romanian: “Invercargill”
  • Russian: “Инверкаргилл”
  • Scots: “Invercargill”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Chargaill”
  • Serbian: “Инверкаргил”
  • Sinhala: “ඉන්වර්කගිල්, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ඉන්වර්කගිල්”
  • Spanish: “Invercargill (Nueva Zelanda)”
  • Spanish: “Invercargill”
  • Spanish: “Waihōpai”
  • Swahili: “Invercargill”
  • Swedish: “Invercargill”
  • Swedish: “Waihōpai”
  • Tamil: “இன்வெர்க்கார்கில்”
  • Telugu: “ఇన్వెర్కార్గిల్”
  • Thai: “Invercargill”
  • Thai: “อินเวอร์คาร์กิลล์”
  • Turkish: “Invercargill”
  • Turkish: “Waihōpai”
  • Ukrainian: “Інверкаргілл”
  • Ukrainian: “Інверкарджилл”
  • Urdu: “انورکارگل”
  • Vietnamese: “Invercargill”
  • Volapük: “Invercargill”
  • Welsh: “Invercargill”
  • Western Frisian: “Invercargill”
  • Yue Chinese: “因佛卡吉爾”

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