Most southerly capital city
- Who
- Wellington
- Where
- New Zealand (Wellington,)
- When
- 01 January 0001
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, with an estimated 2001 population of 165,278 is the southernmost capital city of an independent country (41º17'S). The world's southernmost capital of a dependent territory is Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (51º43'S), with a population of 1,989 (excluding service personnel) in 2001.