Akaroa
Akaroa
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury Region |
| District | Christchurch City |
| Ward | Banks Peninsula |
| European settlement | 18 August 1840 |
| Founded by | Jean François Langlois |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.03 km2 (0.78 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 780 |
| • Density | 380/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Postcode | 7520 |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
Akaroa is a small town in the Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury Region of the South Island. It is situated in the Akaroa Harbour and is 84 kilometres from Christchurch on State Highway 75. It has an area school and was historically settled by the French in the 1840s.
References[change]
- ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ↑ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
Other websites[change]
- Images of Akaroa in the 1850s by Charles Meryon
- Land tenure - New Zealand - Canterbury Region
- THE STORY OF THE FRENCH COLONISATION OF AKAROA
- Akaroa official website
- Akaroa Civic Trust
- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Akaroa travel guide from Wikivoyage
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
