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Dunedin, New Zealand

Dunedin
Ōtepoti
Metropolitan area
City of Dunedin
The city of Dunedin as seen from Signal Hill lookout.
The city of Dunedin as seen from Signal Hill lookout.
Coat of arms of Dunedin
Coat of arms
Official logo of Dunedin
Logo
Nickname(s): Edinburgh of the South;
Dunners (colloquial)
Dunedin is located in New Zealand
Dunedin
Dunedin
Coordinates: 45°52′S 170°30′E / 45.867°S 170.500°E / -45.867; 170.500
Country New Zealand
Region Otago
Territorial authority Dunedin City Council
Settled by Māori c. 1300
Settled by Europeans 1848
Incorporated 1855
Named for Dùn ÈideannScottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh
Electorates Dunedin North
Dunedin South
Government
 • Mayor Dave Cull
 • Deputy Mayor Chris Staynes
Area
 • Territorial 3,314 km2 (1,280 sq mi)
 • Urban 255 km2 (98 sq mi)
Population (June 2016)
 • Territorial 127,000
 • Density 38/km2 (99/sq mi)
 • Urban 118,500
 • Urban density 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Dunedinite
Time zone NZST (UTC+12)
 • Summer (DST) NZDT (UTC+13)
Postcode 9010, 9011, 9012, 9013, 9014, 9016, 9018, 9022, 9023, 9024, 9035, 9076, 9077, 9081, 9082, 9092
Area code(s) 03
Website www.DunedinNZ.com
Largest groups of overseas-born residents
Nationality Population (2013)
 United Kingdom 7,140
 Australia 2,094
 China 1,422
 United States 924
 South Africa 750
 Malaysia 621
 India 603
 Netherlands 576
 South Korea 531
 Germany 483

Dunedin (Listeni/dʌˈndn/ dun-EE-din; Māori: Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region. It is named for the capital of Scotland, generally Anglicised as Edinburgh (with burgh being a literal translation of the Gaelic dun, meaning fort). While Tauranga, Napier-Hastings and Hamilton have eclipsed the city in size of population since the 1980s to make it only the seventh-largest urban area in New Zealand, Dunedin is still considered one of the four main cities of New Zealand for historic, cultural and geographic reasons.

Dunedin was the largest New Zealand city by territorial land area until superseded by Auckland on the creation of the Auckland Council in November 2010. Dunedin was the largest city in New Zealand by population from the 1860s until about 1900. The city population at 5 March 2013 was 120,246. The Dunedin urban area lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour. The harbour and hills around Dunedin represent the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.


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