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Wellington (city)
Capital and commercial port of New Zealand, in the province of the same name on North Island, on the Cook Strait; population (2001 est) city, 165,900, urban agglomeration, 351,700. After Auckland, Wellington is the second-largest manufacturing centre of New Zealand. Industries in the city include woollen textiles, clothing, processed foods, chemicals, engineering, and electrical goods. The harbour was sighted by Captain James Cook in 1773.
History
Wellington was founded in 1840 by Edward Gibbon Wakefield as the first settlement of the New Zealand Company. It was originally known as Britannia, but was renamed after British soldier and politician Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. It has been the seat of government since 1865, when it replaced Auckland.
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