Hamilton New Zealand
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Hamilton Kirikiriroa (Māori) |
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Hamilton City / Lake Rotoroa / Waikato River
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| Nickname(s): Hamiltron, The Tron. H-Town, Previously: Cowtown, The Fountain City | |
 Location of the Hamilton Territorial Authority |
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 Hamilton
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| Coordinates: 37°47′S 175°17′E / 37.783°S 175.283°ECoordinates: 37°47′S 175°17′E / 37.783°S 175.283°E | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| Island | North Island |
| Region | Waikato Region |
| Territorial authority | Hamilton City |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andrew King |
| • Deputy Mayor | Martin Gallagher |
| Area | |
| • Territorial | 110.8 km2 (42.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 877.1 km2 (338.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 40 m (131 ft) |
| Population (June 2016) | |
| • Territorial | 161,200 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 193,600 |
| • Urban density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 230,000 |
| • Demonym | Hamiltonian |
| Time zone | NZST (UTC+12) |
| • Summer (DST) | NZDT (UTC+13) |
| Postcode(s) | 3200, 3204, 3206, 3210, 3214, 3216 |
| Area code(s) | 07 |
| Local iwi | Tainui |
| Website |
www.hamilton.govt.nz www.waikatoregion.govt.nz |
| Largest groups of overseas-born residents | |
| Nationality | Population (2013) |
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 United Kingdom
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6,009 |
 China
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3,504 |
 India
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3,060 |
 Fiji
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2,271 |
 Australia
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2,223 |
 Philippines
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2,040 |
 South Korea
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1,655 |
 Netherlands
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645 |
 Samoa
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618 |
 Malaysia
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603 |
Hamilton (Māori: Kirikiriroa) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region with a territorial population of 161,200, the country's fourth most-populous city. Encompassing a land area of about 110 km2 (42 sq mi) on the banks of the Waikato River, Hamilton is part of the wider Hamilton Urban Area, which also encompasses the nearby towns of Ngaruawahia, Te Awamutu and Cambridge.
Initially an agricultural service centre, Hamilton now has a growing and diverse economy and is the third fastest growing urban area in New Zealand, behind Pukekohe and Auckland. Education and research and development play an important part in Hamilton's economy, as the city is home to approximately 40,000 tertiary students and 1,000 PhD-qualified scientists.
The area now covered by the city was originally the site of a handful of Māori villages (kāinga), including Pukete, Miropiko and Kirikiriroa ("long stretch of gravel'), from which the city takes its Māori name. Local Māori were the target of raids by Ngāpuhi during the Musket Wars, and several pā sites from this period can still be found beside the Waikato River. In December 2011 several rua or food storage pits were found near the Waikato River bank, close to the Waikato museum. Magistrate Gorst, estimated that Kirikiriroa had a population of about 78 before the Waikato Kingitanga wars of 1863–64. The government estimated the Waikato area had a Maori population of 3,400 at the same time. By the time British settlers arrived after 1863, most of these villages had been abandoned as the inhabitants were away fighting with the Kingitanga rebels further west in the battlefields of the upper Waipa river. Missionaries arrived in the area in the 1830s. At the end of the Waikato Campaign in the New Zealand wars the four regiments of the Waikato Militia were settled as a peace-keeping force across the region. The 1st Regiment was at Tauranga, the 2nd at Pirongia, the 3rd at Cambridge and the 4th at Kirikiriroa. The settlement was founded on 24 August 1864 and named by Colonel William Moule after Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton, the popular Scottish commander of HMS Esk, who was killed in the battle of Gate Pā, Tauranga. Many of the soldier/settlers who intended to farm after the 1863 war, walked off their land in 1868 disgusted at the poor quality of the land. Much of the land was swampy or under water. In 1868 Hamilton's population, which was about 1,000 in 1864, dropped to 300 as farmers left.
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