Gunnedah
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Gunnedah () is a town in north-central New South Wales, Australia and is the seat of the Gunnedah Shire local government area. In the the town recorded a population of 8,338. Gunnedah is situated within the Liverpool Plains, a fertile agricultural region, with 80% of the surrounding shire area devoted to farming. The Namoi River flows west then north-west through the town providing water beneficial to agricultural operations in the area.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Gunnedah
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Gunnedah-NSW-Australia 2005-12-01 IMG 0814.JPG
- Australian place.caption
- Gunnedah viewed from Mount Porcupine
- Australian place.alternative_location_map
- Australia New South Wales LGAs
- Australian place.pop
- 8,338
- Australian place.established
- 1856
- Australian place.postcode
- 2380
- Australian place.elevation
- 264
- Australian place.dist1
- 66
- Australian place.dir1
- W
- Australian place.location1
- Tamworth
- Australian place.dist2
- 432
- Australian place.dir2
- NW
- Australian place.location2
- Sydney
- Australian place.dist3
- 98
- Australian place.dir3
- SE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 8338
- Elevation
- 273
- Capital of
- Gunnedah Shire
- Image
- Gunnedah-NSW-Australia 2005-12-01 IMG 0814.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0237
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- Commons category
- Gunnedah, New South Wales
- postal code
- 2380
- male population
- 4785
- female population
- 4946
- associated electoral district
- Parkes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Population
- Sports
- Geography
- Climate
- Education
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- Transport
- Railway station
- Notable Gunnedahians
- See also
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Gunnedah () is a town in north-central New South Wales, Australia and is the seat of the Gunnedah Shire local government area. In the the town recorded a population of 8,338. Gunnedah is situated within the Liverpool Plains, a fertile agricultural region, with 80% of the surrounding shire area devoted to farming. The Namoi River flows west then north-west through the town providing water beneficial to agricultural operations in the area.
The Gunnedah area is a significant producer of cotton, coal, beef, lamb and pork, and cereal and oilseed grains. Gunnedah is also home to AgQuip, Australia's largest annual agricultural field day.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gunnedah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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