NORTH ISLAND


Meaning of NORTH ISLAND in English

Island (pop., 2001 est.: 2,849,724), New Zealand.

The smaller of the country's two principal islands, it is separated from South Island by the Cook Strait . It has an area of 44,702 sq mi (115,777 sq km). A growing majority of the population of New Zealand lives on North Island, concentrated in the cities of Wellington and Auckland .

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