Canterbury region

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Canterbury_region

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:region
gptkbp:area	44508 km²
gptkbp:climate	temperate
gptkbp:country	gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkbp:economy	agriculture manufacturing tourism
gptkbp:founded	1989
gptkbp:hasCoastline	gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Canterbury region
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Christchurch
gptkbp:mainLake	gptkb:Lake_Ellesmere_/_Te_Waihora gptkb:Lake_Pukaki gptkb:Lake_Tekapo
gptkbp:mainRiver	gptkb:Rakaia_River gptkb:Waimakariri_River gptkb:Waitaki_River
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Christchurch_International_Airport
gptkbp:mountainRange	gptkb:Southern_Alps
gptkbp:neighboringMunicipality	gptkb:Marlborough_region gptkb:Otago_region gptkb:West_Coast_region
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:2011_Christchurch_earthquake gptkb:2010_Canterbury_earthquake
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English Māori
gptkbp:partOf	South Island
gptkbp:population	over 650,000
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Environment_Canterbury gptkb:CAN
gptkbp:timezone	NZST
gptkbp:timezoneDST	NZDT
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Canterbury_cricket_team gptkb:Marlborough_region
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6