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Newcastle
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city in New South Wales, Australia
Newcastle is a major city located in New South Wales on Australia's east coast, situated north of Sydney. It is significant as an important industrial and regional center, historically known for coal mining and steel production.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newcastle
- Region
- New South Wales
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 508,437
- Timezone
- Australia/Sydney
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Australia
- Located in
- City of Newcastle
- Population
- 348539
- Area
- 261.80
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00
- Body of water
- Hunter River
- Capital of
- City of Newcastle
- Image
- Newcastle - aerial images (3) (7445134654).jpg
- Dialing code
- 0249
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- twinned administrative body
- Arcadia
- Commons category
- Newcastle, New South Wales
- topic's main category
- Category:Newcastle, New South Wales
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Newcastle, New South Wales
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Newcastle, New South Wales
- male population
- 1450
- female population
- 1310
- inception
- 1804-00-00
- postal code
- 2300
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- maximum temperature record
- 42.5
- minimum temperature record
- 3.3
- P12749
- December 31
- number of viewers/listeners
- 765171
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Encyclopedic overview
Newcastle, also known as Greater Newcastle ( locally /ˈnjuːkɑːsəl/ NEW-kah-səl; Awabakal: Mulubinba), is a large metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie and it is the hub of the Lower Hunter region, which includes most parts of the cities of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock, and Port Stephens Council. Newcastle is also known by its colloquial nickname, Newy. A Newcastle resident can also be known as a Novocastrian.
Located at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 143 million tonnes of coal in 2022. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits. Geologically, the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney Basin.
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