Otago
Otago (/əˈtɑːɡoʊ/ (
listen), /oʊ-, ɒ-/[3]; Māori: [Ōtākou] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) [ɔːˈtaːkou]) is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand. It is on the South Island. Its largest city is Dunedin.
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Ōtākou | |
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| Otago Region | |
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 Otago within New Zealand | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Island | South Island |
| Established | 1848 (Dunedin settlement) 1852 (Otago Province) |
| Seat | Dunedin |
| Territorial authorities | List
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| Government | |
| • Chair | Gretchen Robertson |
| • Deputy Chair | Lloyd McCall |
| Area | |
| • Region | 31,251 km2 (12,066 sq mi) |
| • Land | 31,186.33 km2 (12,041.11 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2022)[1] | |
| • Region | 246,000 |
| • Density | 7.872/km2 (20.39/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+12:00 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13:00 (NZDT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.932[2] very high · 6th |
| Website | www.Otago.co.nz www.ORC.govt.nz |
Otago Media
Arrowtown, a historic mining town
The University of Otago, New Zealand's oldest university, founded in 1869
Autumn in Otago, New Zealand
Kawarau Gorge, where Roaring Meg joins the Kawarau River, in central Otago
The Beaumont area, looking southwest. State Highway 8 runs across the photo (only visible in the right half), crossing the Clutha River just below centre.
Mount Aspiring / Tititea is New Zealand's highest mountain outside the Aoraki / Mount Cook region.
A map showing population density in the Otago Region at the 2023 census
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References
- ↑ "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2022 (2022 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022. (urban areas)
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
- ↑ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917], Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.), English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 3-12-539683-2