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Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the of , and the second most-populous urban area in the country. As well as having the most attractions of any place in the South Island, it's the major international entry point for visiting the rest of the island.
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  • Type: City with 381,000 residents
  • Description: largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Christchurch, New Zealand” and “Garden City”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Christchurch Town Hall and Christ Church Cathedral.

Theater building
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The , since 2007 formally known as the of the Performing Arts, opened in 1972, is Christchurch, New Zealand's premier performing arts centre.

Cathedral
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, also called ChristChurch Cathedral and Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Stadium
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is a in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Albans and Riccarton.

Suburb
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is a large, inner-northern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located directly north of the Christchurch Central Business District. It is the second largest suburb in the city by population, with a population of 13,137 at the 2018 Census.

Suburb
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is a suburb of Christchurch. It is due west of the city centre, separated from it by Hagley Park. is to the west of .

Suburb
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is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, to the north of the central city. It is centred on a cluster of some 20 shops that make up Village on Road near Colombo Street's northern end.

Christchurch

Latitude
-43.531° or 43° 31′ 51″ south
Longitude
172.6364° or 172° 38′ 11″ east
Population
381,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Named after
Christ Church
IATA airport code
CHC
United Nations Location Code
NZ CHC
Open location code
4V8JFJ9P+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 599776877
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2192362
Wiki­data ID
Q79990
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Christchurch” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Christchurch”
  • Albanian: “Christchurch”
  • Arabic: “كرايستشرش”
  • Arabic: “كرايستشيرش”
  • Arabic: “كريس تشيرش”
  • Arabic: “كريست تشيرش”
  • Arabic: “كريستتشيرش”
  • Arabic: “كريستشيرش”
  • Aragonese: “Christchurch”
  • Armenian: “Քրայսթչերչ”
  • Armenian: “Քրայսթչորչ”
  • Asturian: “Christchurch”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kraysçörç”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kraystçerç”
  • Balinese: “Christchurch”
  • Bashkir: “Крайстчерч”
  • Basque: “Christchurch”
  • Belarusian: “Крайстчорч”
  • Belarusian: “Крайстчэрч”
  • Bengali: “ক্রাইস্টচার্চ”
  • Bhojpuri: “क्राइस्टचर्च”
  • Bosnian: “Christchurch”
  • Breton: “Christchurch”
  • Bulgarian: “Крайстчърч”
  • Burmese: “ခရစ်ချပ်ချ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Christchurch”
  • Cebuano: “Christchurch”
  • Chechen: “Крайстчерч”
  • Chinese: “Christchurch”
  • Chinese: “克莱斯特彻奇”
  • Chinese: “克赖斯特彻奇”
  • Chinese: “基督城”
  • Chinese: “基督堂市”
  • Croatian: “Christchurch”
  • Czech: “Chch”
  • Czech: “Christchurch”
  • Danish: “Christchurch”
  • Dutch: “Christchurch”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرايستشرش”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كرايستشيرش”
  • Esperanto: “Christ-Church”
  • Esperanto: “Kristkirko”
  • Estonian: “Christchurch”
  • Estonian: “Ōtautahi”
  • Faroese: “Christchurch”
  • Fijian: “Karaisijeji”
  • Fijian: “Kereschechi”
  • Finnish: “Christchurch”
  • French: “Chch”
  • French: “Christchurch District”
  • French: “Christchurch”
  • French: “District de Christchurch”
  • Galician: “Christchurch”
  • Georgian: “კრაისტჩერჩი”
  • German: “Christchurch”
  • Greek: “Κράιστσερτς”
  • Greek: “Κράισττσερτς”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રાઇસ્ટચર્ચ”
  • Hawaiian: “Kalakakeki”
  • Hebrew: “כרייסטצ’רץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “כרייסטצ’רץ’”
  • Hebrew: “כריסטצ’רץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “קרייסטצ’רץ‘”
  • Hebrew: “קרייסטצרץ”
  • Hebrew: “קריסטצ’רץ‘”
  • Hindi: “क्राइस्टचर्च”
  • Hindi: “क्रैस्टचर्च”
  • Hungarian: “Christchurch”
  • Icelandic: “Christchurch”
  • Ido: “Christchurch”
  • Indonesian: “Christchurch, New Zealand”
  • Indonesian: “Christchurch, Selandia Baru”
  • Indonesian: “Christchurch”
  • Interlingue: “Christchurch”
  • Irish: “Christchurch”
  • Irish: “Ōtautahi”
  • Italian: “Christchurch”
  • Japanese: “クライストチャーチ”
  • Javanese: “Christchurch”
  • Kalaallisut: “Christchurch”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ರೈಸ್ಟ್ಚರ್ಚ್”
  • Korean: “크라이스트 처치”
  • Korean: “크라이스트처치”
  • Korean: “크라이스트쳐치”
  • Ladino: “Christchurch”
  • Latin: “Christchurch”
  • Latin: “Christopolis”
  • Latvian: “Christchurch”
  • Latvian: “Kraistčērča”
  • Latvian: “Ōtautahi”
  • Lithuanian: “Christchurch”
  • Lithuanian: “Kraisčerčas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kraistčerčas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Christchurch”
  • Macedonian: “Крајстчерч”
  • Malagasy: “Christchurch”
  • Malay: “Christchurch”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രൈസ്റ്റ്‌ചർച്ച്‍”
  • Maori: “Christchurch”
  • Maori: “Karaitiana”
  • Maori: “Otautahi”
  • Maori: “Ōtautahi”
  • Marathi: “क्राइस्टचर्च”
  • Marathi: “ख्राइस्टचर्च”
  • Marathi: “ख्राईस्टचर्च”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Christchurch”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Christchurch”
  • Mingrelian: “კრაისტჩერჩი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كرايستشورتش”
  • Nauru: “Christchurch”
  • Northern Frisian: “Christchurch (Nei-Sialun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Christchurch”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christchurch, New Zealand”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Christchurch”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Christchurch”
  • Norwegian: “Christchurch”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Christchurch”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ōtautahi”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cristcirice, Nīwe Sǣland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Crīstcirice”
  • Ossetian: “Крайстчерч”
  • Ossetian: “Крайстчёрч”
  • Persian: “کرایست چرچ”
  • Persian: “کرایست‌چرچ”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Krestcherch”
  • Polish: “Christchurch”
  • Portuguese: “Christchurch”
  • Romanian: “Christchurch”
  • Russian: “Крайстчерч”
  • Russian: “Крайстчёрч”
  • Russian: “Крайсчёрч”
  • Rusyn: “Крайстчерч”
  • Scots: “Christchurch”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Christchurch, Sealainn Nuadh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Christchurch”
  • Serbian: “Christchurch”
  • Serbian: “Крајстчерч”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Christchurch”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krajstčerč”
  • Sicilian: “Christchurch”
  • Silesian: “Christchurch”
  • Sindhi: “ڪرائسٽ چرچ”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රයිස්ට්චර්ච්, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ක්‍රයිස්ට්චර්ච්”
  • Slovak: “Christchurch”
  • Slovenian: “Christchurch”
  • Spanish: “Christchurch (Nueva Zelanda)”
  • Spanish: “Christchurch”
  • Spanish: “Otautahi”
  • Spanish: “Ōtautahi”
  • Swahili: “Christchurch”
  • Swedish: “Christchurch NZ”
  • Swedish: “Christchurch, Nya Zeeland”
  • Swedish: “Christchurch”
  • Tamil: “கிரைஸ்ட்சர்ச்”
  • Tamil: “கிறைஸ்ட்சேர்ச்”
  • Tatar: “Крайстчерч”
  • Tatar: “Крайстчёрч”
  • Telugu: “క్రీస్ట్ చర్చ్”
  • Thai: “Christchurch”
  • Thai: “ไครต์เชิร์ช”
  • Thai: “ไครสต์เชิร์ช”
  • Tok Pisin: “Kraisjej”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kolokakala”
  • Turkish: “Christchurch”
  • Turkish: “Otautahi”
  • Turkish: “Ōtautahi”
  • Udmurt: “Крайстчерч”
  • Ukrainian: “Крайстчерч”
  • Urdu: “کرائسٹ چرچ”
  • Uzbek: “Kraystcherch”
  • Venetian: “Christchurch”
  • Vietnamese: “Christchurch”
  • Volapük: “Christchurch”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Christchurch”
  • Welsh: “Christchurch, Seland Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Christchurch”
  • Western Frisian: “Christchurch”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرائسٹ چرچ”
  • Wu Chinese: “克赖斯特彻奇”
  • Yue Chinese: “基督城”
  • “क्राइस्टचर्च”

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