Levin

Levin is the largest metropolis and seat of the Horowhenua District, in the Manawatu-Wanganui vicinity of New Zealand's North Island. It is placed east of Lake Horowhenua, round ninety five km north of Wellington and 50 km southwest of Palmerston North. The town has a populace of 21,2 hundred, making it the twenty second largest urban region in New Zealand, and 1/3 largest in Manawatu-Wanganui behind Palmerston North and Whanganui. Levin is a provider centre for the encircling rural vicinity, and a centre for mild production. According to June 2018 figures, the expected resident population was 21,200. Over 20% of population had been indexed as over the age of sixty five, a significantly higher percent than the countrywide common.

The city celebrated its centenary in 2006 and the bowls club celebrated theirs in 2007. The city changed into named after William Hort Levin, a director of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. The call is a variant of the Jewish clan Levi. It is a shibboleth not like the same old pronunciation of the surname, stress is positioned on the second syllable of the word. However his splendid grandson, Peter Levin, claims his forebear might have stated his surname as in Levene and this pronunciation turned into in not unusual use for decades and always utilized by the own family.