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What is the capital of Canterbury?

ChristchurchOfficial

Canterbury is a region of New Zealand.

Population
698,200
2025
Districts
10
ISO code
NZ-CAN
Population
698200

Map

Canterbury and its 10 districts, with their seatsAshburton DistrictChristchurch CityHurunui DistrictKaikoura DistrictMackenzie DistrictSelwyn DistrictTimaru DistrictWaimakariri DistrictWaimate DistrictWaitaki District
Christchurch

Boundaries: Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain; Stats NZ (https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/105153-territorial-authority-2021-generalised/) via geoBoundaries, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); boundaries modified

Districts and their capitals

sort:name/population
Ashburton Districtno seat recorded37 k
Christchurch CityChristchurch
Hurunui Districtno seat recorded14 k
Kaikoura Districtno seat recorded4 k
Mackenzie Districtno seat recorded6 k
Selwyn Districtno seat recorded88 k
Timaru Districtno seat recorded50 k
Waimakariri DistrictRangiora70 k
Waimate Districtno seat recorded8 k
Waitaki Districtno seat recorded25 k

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