South Island
Canterbury
Selwyn District

Springfield

Springfield is a small town in the foothills of the Torlesse Range on the way to the Craigieburn ski fields and . It was an important source of coal for and later became an important staging post to service the stage coaches travelling to the .
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  • Type: Village with 318 residents
  • Description: locality in Selwyn District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Springfield, New Zealand”
  • Historically known as: “Kowai Pass”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Springfield Doughnut.

Work of art
Photo: Mrfebruary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a sculpture of a pink doughnut with sprinkles located in Springfield, New Zealand. It is based on the doughnut frequently featured in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, which is set in a city also named Springfield.

Springfield

Latitude
-43.3366° or 43° 20′ 12″ south
Longitude
171.9278° or 171° 55′ 40″ east
Population
318
Elevation
403 metres (1,322 feet)
Open location code
4V8HMW7H+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 203265595
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2182438
Wiki­data ID
Q994854
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Satellite Map

Discover Springfield from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Springfield” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Springfield”
  • Esperanto: “Springfield”
  • French: “Springfield”
  • German: “Springfield”
  • Italian: “Springfield”
  • Japanese: “スプリングフィールド (ニュージーランド)”
  • Korean: “뉴질랜드 스프링필드”
  • Korean: “스프링필드”
  • Malay: “Springfield, New Zealand”
  • Malay: “Springfield”
  • Maori: “Tawera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Springfield”
  • Norwegian: “Springfield”
  • Polish: “Springfield (Nowa Zelandia)”
  • Polish: “Springfield”
  • Swedish: “Springfield, Nya Zeeland”
  • Turkish: “Springfield, Yeni Zelanda”
  • Turkish: “Springfield”
  • Urdu: “سپرنگ فیلڈ، نیوزی لینڈ”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Springfield”. Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.