Lichfield (New Zealand)
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 6 ′ S , 175 ° 49 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-WKO | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Waikato | |
| District | South Waikato District | |
| Ward | Putaruru Ward | |
| Residents | 987 (2013) | |
| height | 228 m | |
| Post Code | 3482 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 7 | |
Lichfield is a settlement in the South Waikato District of the Waikato regionon the North Island of New Zealand .
Origin of name
Lichfield was founded in the late 1880s and named after the town of the same name in the county of Staffordshire in England , where the first New Zealand bishop of the Anglican Church and later primate of the Anglican Church in New Zealand, George Augustus Selwyn , held the bishopric from 1868.
geography
The settlement is located around 12 km north-northwest of Tokoroa and around 38 km west of Rotorua . The New Zealand State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway run through the settlement without a stop. A small road leads to Ngatira in the east.
population
In the 2013 census, the town had 987 inhabitants, 1.9% more than in the 2006 census.
literature
- Helga Neubauer: Lichfield . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 410 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Lichfield . Statistics New Zealand , accessed August 3, 2017 .
- ^ Neubauer: Lichfield . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 410 .
- ↑ Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed August 3, 2017 .