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Finding Apartments & Corporate Housing in Auckland
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Located on the North Island of New Zealand,
Auckland is the largest city in the country. As of 2006, the census
indicated the city had a population of 404,658. A large number of
people also live in the metropolitan area surrounding Auckland, and
as of 2007, the combined city/metropolitan population was estimated
at 1,329,900, which is over a quarter of the New Zealand's entire
population.
The central area of Auckland occupies a narrow isthmus, less than
1.2 miles (2 kilometers) wide at its narrowest point, that lies
betwen Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea, and Waitemata Harbour on
the Pacific Ocean. Consequently, the city one of only a handful in
the world to have harbors on two separate bodies of water. Both of
these harbors are partially crossed by bridges - the most
spectacular of these bridges is Auckland Harbour Bridge which
crosses Waitemata Harbour, just to the West of the Auckland Central
Business District...
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