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Auckland spans a narrow isthmus that keeps the two parts of New Zealand's North Island connected. Its urban area has 1.413 million residents, with 1.527 million administered by its city council.1 It is served by Auckland International Airport, one of New Zealand's busiest.2 The tallest structure--in fact, the tallest free-standing structure in the southern hemisphere--is the Sky Tower. This communications mast stands up to 1076 feet and has an observation deck at over 600 feet--a popular tourist destination. The tallest conventional building is the Vero Centre (1998), a commercial office tower that reaches 170 meters at the tip of the spire that is above the building's 'halo.'3
Year | Population | Political entity |
1900 CE | 65,0004 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
2014 CE | 1,413,0001 | New Zealand |
Skyline of Auckland, New Zealand
1. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_areas_of_New_Zealand and https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_cities_in_New_Zealand both accessed 6/22/2015.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_New_Zealand, accessed 6/22/2015.
3. Information about buildings comes from emporis.com, accessed 7/18/2015.
4. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987). In both 1900 and 2014 it was the largest city in New Zealand.