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New Plymouth hotels - About New Plymouth New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers came.
New Plymouth won the Top Town award from North and South Magazine in 2008 (judged "the best place in New Zealand to live, love, work and raise a family"), as well a Whole City award, the Sustainable Projects Award for the Coastal Walkway and a Community Sustainability award at the International Awards for Liveable Communities held in China.
New Plymouth District includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns. New Plymouth District is the 15th largest district (out of 73) in New Zealand, and has 1.7 percent of New Zealand's population.
New Plymouth District has a population of 68,901 - nearly two thirds of the total population of the Taranaki region. This includes - New Plymouth City (45,228), Waitara (6,288), Inglewood (3,090), Oakura (1,359), Okato (531) and Urenui (429).
The city is a service centre for the region's principal economic activities including intensive pastoral activities (mainly dairy farming) as well as oil, natural gas and petrochemical exploration and production. It is also the region's financial centre as the home of the TSB Bank (formerly the Taranaki Savings Bank), the only non-government New Zealand-owned bank.
Notable features are the botanic gardens (eg Pukekura Park), the 7 km (4.3 mi) coastal walkway alongside the Tasman Sea, the Len Lye-designed 45-metre (150 ft) tall artwork known as the Wind Wand, and views of Mount Taranaki (also known as Mount Egmont).
It is also noted for being a coastal city with a mountain within 30 minutes drive, where residents and visitors to New Plymouth can snowboard, ski, water ski and surf all in the same day.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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