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Otago
Ōtākou (Māori) | |
|---|---|
| Otago Region | |
 Otago Region in New Zealand | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Island | South Island |
| Established | 1848 (Dunedin settlement) 1852 (Otago Province) |
| Seat | Dunedin |
| Territorial authorities | |
| Government | |
| • Chair | Gretchen Robertson |
| • Deputy Chair | Lloyd McCall |
| Area | |
| • Region | 31,251 km2 (12,066 sq mi) |
| • Land | 31,186.16 km2 (12,041.04 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2023)[1] | |
| • Region | 254,600 |
| • Density | 8.1/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | NZ$ 15.336 billion (2021) |
| • Per capita | NZ$ 62,518 (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+12:00 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13:00 (NZDT) |
| HDI (2021) | 0.932[3] very high · 6th |
| Website | www.Otago.co.nz www.ORC.govt.nz |
Otago (/əˈtɑːɡoʊ/ ⓘ, /oʊ-, ɒ-/[4]; Māori: Ōtākou [ɔːˈtaːkou]) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately 32,000 square kilometres (12,000 sq mi),[5] making it the country's second largest local government region. Its population was 254,600 in June 2023.[1]
The name "Otago" is the local southern Māori dialect pronunciation of "Ōtākou", the name of the Māori village near the entrance to Otago Harbour.[6][7] The exact meaning of the term is disputed, with common translations being "isolated village" and "place of red earth", the latter referring to the reddish-ochre clay which is common in the area around Dunedin. "Otago" is also the old name of the European settlement on the harbour, established by the Weller Brothers in 1831, which lies close to Otakou. The upper harbour later became the focus of the Otago Association, an offshoot of the Free Church of Scotland, notable for its adoption of the principle that ordinary people, not the landowner, should choose the ministers.
Major centres include Dunedin (the principal city), Oamaru (made famous by Janet Frame), Balclutha, Alexandra, and the major tourist centres Queenstown and Wānaka. Kaitangata in South Otago is a prominent source of coal. The Waitaki and Clutha rivers provide much of the country's hydroelectric power. Vineyards and wineries have been developed in the Central Otago wine region. Some parts of the area originally covered by Otago Province are now administered by either Canterbury Regional Council or Southland Regional Council.
- ^ a b "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
- ^ "Regional gross domestic product: Year ended March 2022". Statistics New Zealand. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917], Peter Roach; James Hartmann; Jane Setter (eds.), English Pronouncing Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 3-12-539683-2
- ^ "About the Otago region". Otago Regional Council. Archived from the original on 30 August 2010.
- ^ McKinnon, Malcolm (2012). Otago region – The Otago settlement.
- ^ Peter Entwisle, Behold the Moon: The European Occupation of the Dunedin District 1770–1848, Dunedin, NZ: Port Daniel Press, 1998 (ISBN 0-473-05591-0), appendix 1 pp.136–139.
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