Christchurch (nzl)

Christchurch

Christchurch ranks 658th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lucca, Arnhem, and Kumasi. Memorable people born in Christchurch include Anthony Wilding, Gary Thain, and Ngaio Marsh. Memorable people who died in Christchurch include Julius von Haast, Ngaio Marsh, and Margaret Mahy. Christchurch has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and geologists. Christchurch is located in New Zealand.

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. Christchurch has an urban population of 412,000, and a metropolitan population of over half a million. It is located in the Canterbury Region, near the centre of the east coast of the South Island, east of the Canterbury Plains. It is located near the southern end of Pegasus Bay, and is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean and to the south by the ancient volcanic complex of the Banks Peninsula. The Avon River (Ōtākaro) winds through the centre of the city, with a large urban park along its banks. With the exception of the Port Hills, it is a relatively flat city, on an average around 20 m (66 ft) above sea level. Christchurch has a reputation for being an English city, with its architectural identity and nickname the 'Garden City' due to similarities with garden cities in England, but also has a historic Māori heritage. Christchurch has a temperate oceanic climate with regular moderate rainfall. Read more on Wikipedia