What is North Island?
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox islands | name = North Island | image_name = NewZealand.A2002296.2220.250m North Island crop.jpg | image_caption = | local_name = {{native name|mi|Te Ika-a-Māui}} | native_name_lang = mi | image_size = | map = Oceania | map_caption = | nickname = | location = [[Oceania]] | coordinates = {{coord|38|24|S|175|43|E|scale:5000000|display=inline}} | archipelago = New Zealand | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 113729 | rank = 14th | highest_mount = [[Mount Ruapehu]] | elevation_m = 2797 | country = [[New Zealand]] }} The '''North Island''' is the smaller of the two main islands of [[New Zealand]]. It is separated from the [[South Island]] by [[Cook Strait]]. The island is {{convert|113729|km2}} in area,<ref>Statistics New Zealand [http://www.stats.govt.nz/quick-facts/land-envmt/geography-physical-features.htm Geography - physical features] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130170100/http://www.stats.govt.nz/quick-facts/land-envmt/geography-physical-features.htm |date=2006-11-30 }}</ref> making it the [[List of islands by area|world's 14th-largest island]]. It has a population of 3,287,600 (June 2009). Its [[Māori language|Māori]] name is ''Te Ika a Māui''. Twelve cities are in the North Island. The biggest is [[Auckland]], New Zealand's largest city, which is in the northwestern part of the island. [[Wellington]], the [[Capital (city)|capital]], is at the southern end of the island. About 76% of New Zealand's population live in the North Island. ==Related pages== *[[South Island]] *[[Chatham Islands]] ==References== {{Commonscat}} {{Wikivoyage}} {{reflist}} [[Category:Islands of New Zealand]] [[Category:Pacific islands]]