Nyngan
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Nyngan () is a town in the centre of New South Wales, Australia, in the Bogan Shire local government area within the Orana Region of central New South Wales. At the 2016 census, Nyngan had a population of 1,988 people. Nyngan is situated on the Bogan River between Narromine and Bourke, on the junction of the Mitchell Highway and Barrier Highway, south of Charleville and north-west of Sydney by road. The Barrier Highway starts at Nyngan, and runs west to Cobar and on through Wilcannia and Broken Hill into South Australia.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Nyngan
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Nyngan-Court-House.JPG
- Australian place.caption
- Court house, Nyngan
- Australian place.pop
- 1953
- Australian place.postcode
- 2825
- Australian place.elevation
- 173
- Australian place.dist1
- 576
- Australian place.dir1
- NW
- Australian place.mayor
- Glen Neill
- Australian place.location1
- Sydney
- Australian place.dist2
- 167
- Australian place.dir2
- NW
- Australian place.location2
- Dubbo
- Australian place.dist3
- 133
- Australian place.dir3
- E
- Australian place.location3
- Cobar
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Encyclopedic overview
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- The 1990 Nyngan flood
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Nyngan () is a town in the centre of New South Wales, Australia, in the Bogan Shire local government area within the Orana Region of central New South Wales. At the 2016 census, Nyngan had a population of 1,988 people. Nyngan is situated on the Bogan River between Narromine and Bourke, on the junction of the Mitchell Highway and Barrier Highway, south of Charleville and north-west of Sydney by road. The Barrier Highway starts at Nyngan, and runs west to Cobar and on through Wilcannia and Broken Hill into South Australia.
Nyngan Airport is a small airport just north of the town centre. Nyngan also lies on the Main Western railway line of New South Wales but is no longer served by passenger trains. The line remains open to freight traffic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyngan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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