Palmerston North (nzl)

Palmerston North

Palmerston North ranks 4,129th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Dachau, Bavaria, and Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Memorable people born in Palmerston North include Warren Cole, Brendon Hartley, and Simon van Velthooven. Palmerston North has been the birth place of many athletes, and cyclists. Palmerston North is located in New Zealand.

Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatū River, 35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth, and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the Manawatū Gorge, about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of 83,100. The estimated population of Palmerston North city is 92,500. Read more on Wikipedia