Mosgiel, New Zealand
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Image:MosgielNZ.jpg Mosgiel (population 9,500) forms a suburb of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, located 15 kilometres southwest of the city centre. Although it has technically had the status of a suburb since the re-organisation of local councils in the late 1980s, most people still think of it as a separate town. It stands at the north-eastern extremity of the Taieri Plains, and the Silver Stream, a tributary of the Taieri River, runs through the north end of the town. Mosgiel takes its name after Mossgiel in Ayrshire, the farm of poet Robert Burns, (uncle of the co-founder of the Otago settlement, Thomas Burns).
Between Mosgiel and the city centre of Dunedin stand rugged hills which form part of the crater wall of a long-extinct volcano. The SH1 motorway, upgraded in 2003, links Mosgiel to the city centre, 15 kilometres to the northeast.
Image:NZ-Mosgiel.png Mosgiel's economy until recent years focussed on the production of wool products. The town forms an important service-centre for the farming community on the Taieri Plains, and hosts one of New Zealand's largest agricultural research institutes, Invermay.
