Wellington
English-speaking citiesCPI Tino Grandío
2015
Yago López Vázquez - 4º ESO1
Location
• Wellington is the capital of New Zealand and Wellington Region. It is located at the south-western tip of the North island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range.
• The most important area in Wellington is Cuba street.
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Country
– Is situated in Australasia.– The size of New Zealand is: Urban size: 444 km2
Metro size: 1.390 km2
– Population:4,511,590 habitants in 2014– Languages: English, Māori and New Zeland
Sign Language – New Zealand is a constitutional
monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
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Population– Age groups 0 to 25: 66,852 25 to 50: 74,955 50 and over:49,152
– Races European: 139,110 Asian: 28,542 Māori: 14,433 Pacific peoples: 8,928 New Zealander: 3,243 Other:4,505
– Religions Christians:47,9 percent
38.55 percent indicated that they
had no religion – Income
Lowest group:9,955
Medium lowest:11,441 Medium highest:15,636 Highest group:25,347
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Cultural aspects
• The most important places or people connected with culture:– Museums -Museum of
Wellington City & Sea -Cable Car Museum -Colonial Cottage Museum
– Historical places -Katherine Mansfield Birthplace -Old St Pauls -Walking Wellington Tour
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Sport
Rugby: The more important teams:
Hurricanes and Wellington lions.
Football (soccer) :The more important team is Wellington Phoenix .
Basketball: The more important team is Wellington Saints. More sports:
– Tae Kwon Do– Mountain running– Etc.
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Celebrities
• Jane Campion film director.• Russell Crowe actor.• Alan G. MacDiarmid Nobel Prize.• Peter Jackson film director. • Katherine Mansfield: writer.• Anna Paquin: actress.• Karl Urban: actor.• Antonia Prebble: actress.• Michael Wesley-Smith: actor.• James Napier: actor
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Places to visit
• 1-Zealandia• 2-Carter Observatory• 3-Beehive• 4-Zoo of Wellington• 5-Montes Rimutaka• 6-Michael fowler centre• 7-Mount kaukau
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Things to do in Wellington
1-Visit the Museum of New Zealand. 2-Visit the viewpoint of Mount Victoria. 3-Visit a historic cable car in botanic garden. 4 -Guided tour of the city. 5-Look at the stars in the planetarium.6-Visit Cuba street.7-etc.
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Reference• Links http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington_(Nueva_Zelanda) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington http://profile.idnz.co.nz/wellington/ http://www.newzealand.com/mx/article/las-10-atracciones-imperdibles-en-wellington/ • Links of images http://w0.fast-meteo.com/locationmaps/Wellington.12.gif https://mrworldwideblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/mapa-nueva-zelanda.gif?w=547 http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/macdiarmid-alan-g.aspx
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_Jackson
http://schmoesknow.com/karl-urban-replacing-michael-c-hall-disneys-petes-dragon-remake/33893/
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