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Newcastle

Also known as Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

city in New South Wales, Australia

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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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Population: 348539
Area: 261.80
Elevation: 9
Image: Newcastle - aerial images (3) (7445134654).jpg
Dialing code: 0249

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Commons category: Newcastle, New South Wales
male population: 1450
female population: 1310
inception: 1804-00-00
postal code: 2300
P8168: Johann Karl Wilhelm Voigt
maximum temperature record: 42.5
minimum temperature record: 3.3
P12749: December 31
number of viewers/listeners: 765171

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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.