Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the second most-populous urban area in the country. As well as having the most attractions of any place in the South Island, it's the major international entry point for visiting the rest of the island.Photo: P Stalder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Canterbury Museum
The Canterbury Museum is a museum located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, in the city's Cultural Precinct.Christchurch Town Hall
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The Christchurch Town Hall, since 2007 formally known as the Christchurch Town Hall of the Performing Arts, opened in 1972, is Christchurch, New Zealand's premier performing arts centre.
ChristChurch Cathedral
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ChristChurch Cathedral, also called Christ Church Cathedral and Cathedral Church of Christ, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Localities in the Area
St Albans
St Albans is a large, inner-northern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located directly north of the Christchurch Central Business District.Riccarton
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Riccarton is a suburb of Christchurch. It is due west of the city centre, separated from it by Hagley Park. Upper Riccarton is to the west of Riccarton.
Edgeware
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Edgeware is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, to the north of the central city.
Christchurch
- Type: City with 381,000 residents
- Description: largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
- Categories: big city and locality
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.531° or 43° 31' 51" southLongitude
172.6364° or 172° 38' 11" eastPopulation
381,000Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)Named after
Christ ChurchIATA airport code
CHCUnited Nations Location Code
NZ CHCOpen Location Code
4V8JFJ9P+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 599776877OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2192362Wikidata ID
Q79990Christchurch Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Christchurch
- Albanian: Christchurch
- Arabic: Christchurch
- Arabic: كرايستشرش
- Arabic: كرايستشيرش
- Arabic: كريستتشيرش
- Arabic: كريست تشيرش
- Arabic: كريس تشيرش
- Arabic: كريستشيرش
- Aragonese: Christchurch
- Armenian: Քրայսթչերչ
- Armenian: Քրայսթչորչ
- Asturian: Christchurch
- Azerbaijani: Kraystçerç
- Azerbaijani: Kraysçörç
- Bashkir: Крайстчерч
- Basque: Christchurch
- Belarusian: Крайстчорч
- Belarusian: Крайстчэрч
- Bengali: ক্রাইস্টচার্চ
- Bhojpuri: क्राइस्टचर्च
- Bosnian: Christchurch
- Breton: Christchurch
- Bulgarian: Крайстчърч
- Burmese: ခရစ်ချပ်ချ်မြို့
- Catalan: Christchurch
- Cebuano: Christchurch
- Chechen: Крайстчерч
- Chinese: Christchurch
- Chinese: 克莱斯特彻奇
- Chinese: 克赖斯特彻奇
- Chinese: 基督城
- Chinese: 基督堂市
- Croatian: Christchurch
- Czech: Chch
- Czech: Christchurch
- Danish: Christchurch
- Dutch: Christchurch
- Egyptian Arabic: كرايستشرش
- Egyptian Arabic: كرايستشيرش
- English: Christchurch, New Zealand
- English: Garden City
- Esperanto: Christ-Church
- Esperanto: Kristkirko
- Estonian: Christchurch
- Estonian: Ōtautahi
- Faroese: Christchurch
- Fijian: Karaisijeji
- Fijian: Kereschechi
- Finnish: Christchurch
- French: Chch
- French: Christchurch
- French: Christchurch District
- French: District de Christchurch
- Galician: Christchurch
- Georgian: კრაისტჩერჩი
- German: Christchurch
- Greek: Κράιστσερτς
- Greek: Κράισττσερτς
- Gujarati: ક્રાઇસ્ટચર્ચ
- Hausa: Kalakakeki
- Hawaiian: Kalakakeki
- Hebrew: כרייסטצ'רץ'
- Hebrew: כריסטצ'רץ'
- Hebrew: קרייסטצ'רץ'
- Hebrew: קרייסטצרץ
- Hebrew: קריסטצ'רץ'
- Hindi: क्राइस्टचर्च
- Hindi: क्रैस्टचर्च
- Hungarian: Christchurch
- Icelandic: Christchurch
- Ido: Christchurch
- Indonesian: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Indonesian: Christchurch, Selandia Baru
- Indonesian: Christchurch
- Interlingue: Christchurch
- Irish: Christchurch
- Irish: Ōtautahi
- Italian: Christchurch
- Japanese: クライストチャーチ
- Javanese: Christchurch
- Kalaallisut: Christchurch
- Kannada: ಕ್ರೈಸ್ಟ್ಚರ್ಚ್
- Korean: 크라이스트처치
- Korean: 크라이스트 처치
- Korean: 크라이스트쳐치
- Ladino: Christchurch
- Latin: Christchurch
- Latin: Christopolis
- Latvian: Christchurch
- Latvian: Kraistčērča
- Latvian: Ōtautahi
- Lithuanian: Christchurch
- Lithuanian: Kraistčerčas
- Lithuanian: Kraisčerčas
- Luxembourgish: Christchurch
- Macedonian: Крајстчерч
- Malagasy: Christchurch
- Malay: Christchurch
- Malayalam: ക്രൈസ്റ്റ്ചർച്ച്
- Maori: Christchurch
- Maori: Karaitiana
- Maori: Otautahi
- Maori: Ōtautahi
- Marathi: क्राइस्टचर्च
- Marathi: ख्राइस्टचर्च
- Marathi: ख्राईस्टचर्च
- Min Dong Chinese: Christchurch
- Min Nan Chinese: Christchurch
- Mingrelian: კრაისტჩერჩი
- Moroccan Arabic: كرايستشورتش
- Nauru: Christchurch
- Northern Frisian: Christchurch (Nei-Sialun)
- Northern Frisian: Christchurch
- Norwegian: Christchurch
- Norwegian Bokmål: Christchurch, New Zealand
- Norwegian Bokmål: Christchurch
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Christchurch
- Occitan (post 1500): Christchurch
- Occitan (post 1500): Ōtautahi
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Cristcirice, Nīwe Sǣland
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Crīstcirice
- Ossetian: Крайстчерч
- Ossetian: Крайстчёрч
- Persian: کرایست چرچ
- Persian: کرایستچرچ
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Krestcherch
- Polish: Christchurch
- Portuguese: Christchurch
- Romanian: Christchurch
- Russian: Крайстчерч
- Russian: Крайстчёрч
- Russian: Крайсчёрч
- Scots: Christchurch
- Scottish Gaelic: Christchurch, Sealainn Nuadh
- Scottish Gaelic: Christchurch
- Serbian: Christchurch
- Serbian: Крајстчерч
- Serbo-Croatian: Christchurch
- Serbo-Croatian: Krajstčerč
- Sicilian: Christchurch
- Silesian: Christchurch
- Sindhi: ڪرائسٽ چرچ
- Sinhala: ක්රයිස්ට්චර්ච්
- Slovak: Christchurch
- Slovenian: Christchurch
- Spanish: Christchurch
- Spanish: Christchurch (Nueva Zelanda)
- Spanish: Otautahi
- Spanish: Ōtautahi
- Swahili: Christchurch
- Swedish: Christchurch, Nya Zeeland
- Swedish: Christchurch
- Swedish: Christchurch NZ
- Tamil: கிரைஸ்ட்சர்ச்
- Tamil: கிறைஸ்ட்சேர்ச்
- Tatar: Крайстчерч
- Tatar: Крайстчёрч
- Telugu: క్రీస్ట్ చర్చ్
- Thai: Christchurch
- Thai: ไครต์เชิร์ช
- Thai: ไครสต์เชิร์ช
- Tok Pisin: Kraisjej
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kolokakala
- Turkish: Christchurch
- Turkish: Otautahi
- Turkish: Ōtautahi
- Udmurt: Крайстчерч
- Ukrainian: Крайстчерч
- Urdu: کرائسٹ چرچ
- Uzbek: Kraystcherch
- Venetian: Christchurch
- Vietnamese: Christchurch
- Volapük: Christchurch
- Waray (Philippines): Christchurch
- Welsh: Christchurch, Seland Newydd
- Welsh: Christchurch
- Western Frisian: Christchurch
- Western Panjabi: کرائسٹ چرچ
- Wu Chinese: 克赖斯特彻奇
- Yue Chinese: 基督城
Other Places Named Christchurch
Localities in the Area
- SydenhamSuburb
- WalthamSuburb
- PhillipstownSuburb
- RichmondSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Christchurch. Photo: koennz, CC BY 2.0.