New Zealand
Manawatū–Whanganui
Palmerston North City

Palmerston North

Palmerston North is a city in the district of the lower North Island of . It's the home of the largest campuses of Massey University and the Universal College of Learning and also the Institute of the Pacific United, making Palmerston North a student-oriented city.
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  • Type: City with 81,800 residents
  • Description: city on the North Island in New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Knowledge City”, “Palmy”, “Palmy North”, “Papaioea”, “Rose City”, “Student City”, and “Te Papaioea”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Plaza Shopping Centre and Cathedral of the Holy Spirit.

Shopping center
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is a shopping mall in the central area of Palmerston North, owned by Kiwi Property. It is the largest shopping mall in the Manawatu region.

Church
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The is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North, . It opened in 1925 as St Patrick's Church and was rededicated to the Holy Spirit as the cathedral when the diocese was established in 1980.

Library
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The is the main public library provided by the Palmerston North City Council for the residents of Palmerston North, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hokowhitu and Awapuni.

Suburb
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
is a riverside suburb of the New Zealand city of Palmerston North, with some of the highest property values in the city. The Palmerston North Teachers' College was built in in the 1960s.

Suburb
is a suburb of Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. It is located south west of . The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "blocked-up river" for .

Suburb
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0.
is a suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand. is located in the south east part of the city on a bend in the . It is bounded to the north by Main Street East, Roslyn and Kelvin Grove.

Palmerston North

Latitude
-40.3563° or 40° 21′ 23″ south
Longitude
175.6112° or 175° 36′ 41″ east
Population
81,800
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Named after
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
IATA airport code
PMR
United Nations Location Code
NZ PMR
Open location code
4VFQJJV6+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 56095285
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2185018
Wiki­data ID
Q212289
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Palmerston North” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Palmerston North”
  • Arabic: “بالميرستون نورث”
  • Asturian: “Palmerston North”
  • Basque: “Palmerston North”
  • Belarusian: “Палмерстан-Норт”
  • Bengali: “পালমেরস্টোন নর্থ”
  • Catalan: “Palmerston North City”
  • Catalan: “Palmerston North”
  • Catalan: “Te Papa-i-oea”
  • Catalan: “Te Papaioea”
  • Cebuano: “Palmerston North”
  • Chinese: “北帕”
  • Chinese: “北帕莫斯顿”
  • Chinese: “北帕麥斯頓”
  • Chinese: “北帕麥爾斯頓”
  • Chinese: “北帕默斯頓”
  • Chinese: “北帕默斯顿”
  • Czech: “Palmerston North”
  • Danish: “Palmerston North”
  • Dutch: “Palmerston North”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بالميرستون نورث”
  • Esperanto: “la Roza Urbo”
  • Esperanto: “la Studenta Urbo”
  • Esperanto: “Palmerston North”
  • Esperanto: “Palmeston-Nordo”
  • Estonian: “Palmerston North”
  • Finnish: “Palmerston North”
  • French: “District de Palmerston North”
  • French: “Palmerston North District”
  • French: “Palmerston North”
  • Galician: “Palmerston North”
  • Georgian: “პალმერსტონ-ნორთი”
  • German: “Palmerston North”
  • Greek: “Πάλμερστον Νορθ”
  • Greek: “Πάλμυ”
  • Greek: “Τε Πάπα-ι-Οέα”
  • Gujarati: “પામરસ્ટોન નોર્થ”
  • Haitian: “Palmerston North”
  • Hebrew: “פלמרסטון נורת‘”
  • Hindi: “पामरस्टन नॉर्थ”
  • Hindi: “पाल्मरस्टन नॉर्थ”
  • Indonesian: “Palmerston North”
  • Indonesian: “Palmerston Utara”
  • Interlingue: “Palmerston North”
  • Irish: “Palmerston North”
  • Irish: “Te Papa-i-oea”
  • Italian: “Palmerston North”
  • Japanese: “ステューデント・シティ”
  • Japanese: “テ・パパイオエア”
  • Japanese: “ナレッジ・シティ”
  • Japanese: “パーマストン・ノース”
  • Japanese: “パーマストンノース”
  • Japanese: “パルミー・ノース”
  • Japanese: “パルミー”
  • Japanese: “ローズ・シティ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Palmerston North”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಮೆರ್ಸ್ಟನ್ ನಾರ್ಥ್”
  • Korean: “파머스턴노스”
  • Korean: “파머스톤 노스”
  • Latvian: “Palmerstonnorta”
  • Lithuanian: “Palmerston Nortas”
  • Macedonian: “Палмерстон Норт”
  • Macedonian: “Те Папаиоеја”
  • Malagasy: “Palmerston North”
  • Malay: “Palmerston Utara”
  • Maori: “Palmerston North”
  • Maori: “Pāmutana”
  • Maori: “Te Papa i oea”
  • Maori: “Te Papa-i-oea”
  • Maori: “Te Papaioea”
  • Marathi: “प्लम्सटोन नॉर्थ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “پالمرسطون نورط”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palmerston North”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palmerston North”
  • Norwegian: “Palmerston North”
  • Persian: “پالمرستون نورث”
  • Polish: “Palmerston North”
  • Portuguese: “Palmerston North”
  • Russian: “Палмерстон-Норт”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Palmerston North”
  • Serbian: “Palmerston Nort”
  • Serbian: “Палмерстон Норт”
  • Silesian: “Palmerston North”
  • Sinhala: “පාමස්ටන් උතුර”
  • Sinhala: “පාමස්ටන් නෝර්ත්, නවසීලන්තය”
  • Slovenian: “Palmerston North”
  • Spanish: “Palmerston Norte”
  • Spanish: “Palmerston North”
  • Spanish: “Te Papaioea”
  • Swahili: “Palmerston North”
  • Swedish: “Palmerston North”
  • Tamil: “பால்மேர்ஸ்டன் வடக்கு”
  • Tatar: “Палмерстон-Норт”
  • Telugu: “పామర్స్టన్ నార్త్”
  • Thai: “พัลเมอร์สตันท์ นอร์ท”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Palmerston North”
  • Turkish: “Palmerston North”
  • Turkish: “Te Papaioea”
  • Ukrainian: “Палмерстон-Норт”
  • Urdu: “پامرسٹن نارتھ”
  • Vietnamese: “Palmerston North”
  • Volapük: “Palmerston North”
  • Welsh: “Palmerston North”
  • Yue Chinese: “北帕默斯頓”

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