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Wellington ( / ˈ w ɛ l ɪ ŋ t ən / ) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand , with 398,300 residents. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island , between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range . It is the major population centre of the southern North Island, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region , which also includes the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa . Wellington is the world's southernmost capital city of a sovereign state .
The Wellington urban area comprises four cities: Wellington city , on the peninsula between Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour , contains the central business district and about half the population; Porirua on Porirua Harbour to the north is notable for its large Māori and Pacific Island communities; Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt are largely suburban areas to the northeast, together known as the Hutt Valley .
The 2014 Mercer Quality of Living Survey ranked Wellington 12th in the world. In 2011 Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2011 named Wellington as fourth in its Top 10 Cities to Visit in 2011, referring to it as the "coolest little capital in the world".