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Wellington
English-speaking cities
CPI Tino Grandío
2015
Yago López Vázquez - 4º ESO1
Location
• Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Wellington Region. It is located at the south-western tip of the North island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range.
• The most important area in Wellington is Cuba street.
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Country
– Is situated in Australasia.
– The size of New Zealand is:
Urban size: 444 km2
Metro size: 1.390 km2
– Population:4,511,590 habitants in 2014
– Languages: English, Māori and New Zeland Sign Language
– New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
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Population
– Age groups0 to 25: 66,852
25 to 50: 74,955
50 and over:49,152
– RacesEuropean: 139,110
Asian: 28,542
Māori: 14,433
Pacific peoples: 8,928
New Zealander: 3,243
Other:4,505
– ReligionsChristians:47,9 percent
38.55 percent indicated that they
had no religion
– Income
Lowest group:9,955
Medium lowest:11,441
Medium highest:15,636
Highest group:25,347
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Cultural aspects
• The most important places or people connected with culture:
– Museums-Museum of
Wellington City & Sea
-Cable Car Museum
-Colonial Cottage Museum
– Historical places-Katherine Mansfield Birthplace
-Old St Pauls
-Walking Wellington Tour
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Sport
Rugby: The more important teams:
Hurricanes and Wellington lions.
Football (soccer) :The more important
team is Wellington Phoenix .
Basketball: The more important team is
Wellington Saints.
More sports:
– Tae Kwon Do
– Mountain running
– Etc.
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Celebrities
• Jane Campion film director.
• Russell Crowe actor.
• Alan G. MacDiarmid Nobel Prize.
• Peter Jackson film director.
• Katherine Mansfield: writer.
• Anna Paquin: actress.
• Karl Urban: actor.
• Antonia Prebble: actress.
• Michael Wesley-Smith: actor.
• James Napier: actor
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Places to visit
• 1-Zealandia
• 2-Carter Observatory
• 3-Beehive
• 4-Zoo of Wellington
• 5-Montes Rimutaka
• 6-Michael fowler centre
• 7-Mount kaukau
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Things to do in Wellington
1-Visit the Museum of New Zealand.
2-Visit the viewpoint of Mount Victoria.
3-Visit a historic cable car in botanic garden.
4 -Guided tour of the city.
5-Look at the stars in the planetarium.
6-Visit Cuba street.
7-etc.
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Reference
• Links
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_(Nueva_Zelanda)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington
http://profile.idnz.co.nz/wellington/
http://www.newzealand.com/mx/article/las-10-atracciones-imperdibles-en-wellington/
• Links of images
http://w0.fast-meteo.com/locationmaps/Wellington.12.gif
https://mrworldwideblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/mapa-nueva-zelanda.gif?w=547
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/macdiarmid-alan-g.aspx
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_Jackson
http://schmoesknow.com/karl-urban-replacing-michael-c-hall-disneys-petes-dragon-remake/33893/
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