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Dunedin

Ōtepoti  (Māori)
Clockwise frae top: First Kirk o Otago, cityscape seen frae Signal Hill leukoot, Larnach Castle, Anglican Cathedral an Toun Haw on The Octagon
Clockwise frae top: First Kirk o Otago, cityscape seen frae Signal Hill leukoot, Larnach Castle, Anglican Cathedral an Toun Haw on The Octagon
Banner o Dunedin
Banner
Coat of airms o Dunedin
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Edinburgh of the South;[1]
Dunners (colloquial)[2]
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
KintraNew Zealand
RegionOtago
Territorial authorityDunedin Ceety Cooncil
Settled bi Māoric. 1300[3]
Settled bi Europeans1848
Incorporated[4]1855
Named forDùn ÈideannScots Gaelic name for Edinburgh
ElectoratesDunedin North
Dunedin Sooth
Govrenment
 • MayorDave Cull
 • Deputy MayorChris Staynes
Area
 • Territorial3314 km2 (1,280 sq mi)
 • Urban
255 km2 (98 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2018)[6]
 • Territorial130,500
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Urban
122,000
 • Urban density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Dunedinite
Time zoneUTC+12 (NZST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode
9010, 9011, 9012, 9013, 9014, 9016, 9018, 9022, 9023, 9024, 9035, 9076, 9077, 9081, 9082, 9092
Area code(s)03
Local iwiNgāi Tahu
Websitewww.DunedinNZ.com

Dunedin, (kent in the Māori leid as Otepoti) is the fift maistmuckle city o New Zealand wi mair nor 142,000 indwallers. It is situatit in the sooth-east o the Sooth Isle.

The city haes haed the mucklest population o Scots in the kintra, syne aboot the 1860s. Thare are evidents that a lanerly byleid o the Scots leid wis spakken in the airt, bit hit haes dee'd oot.[7]

References

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  1. "Southern style". Stuff.co.nz. 19 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2011.
  2. "Supersport's Good Week / Bad Week: An unhappy spectator". The New Zealand Herald. 1 Mey 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  3. Irwin, Geoff; Walrond, Carl (4 Mairch 2009). "When was New Zealand first settled? – The date debate". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 Februar 2010.
  4. Dunedin Town Board
  5. "Mayor Dave Cull". Dunedin City Council. Archived frae the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 14 Februar 2015.
  6. "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 Januar 2020. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006–18 (2017 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. "Indo-European phylosector by the Linguasphere Observatory" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.


Coordinates: 45°52′0″S 170°30′0″E / 45.86667°S 170.50000°E / -45.86667; 170.50000