New Zealand: Wellington

This card shows Wellington. It is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with 393.600 residents. As New Zealand is divided by the Cook Strait into a North- and a South Island, Wellington is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range. Wellington is the world's southernmost capital city of a sovereign state.

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The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug  "Tauriel" (from a set of six) - Issued: 01-11-2013