Cooma

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

Key facts

Australian place.type: town
Australian place.name: Cooma
Australian place.state: NSW
Australian place.image: Cooma, NSW, Courthouse, jjron, 24.09.2008.jpg
Australian place.caption: Cooma Court House
Australian place.lga: Snowy Monaro Regional Council
Australian place.county: Beresford
Australian place.postcode: 2630
Australian place.est: 1849
Australian place.elevation: 800
Australian place.maxtemp: 19.4
Australian place.mintemp: 4.1
Australian place.rainfall: 541.6
Australian place.stategov: Monaro
Australian place.fedgov: Eden-Monaro
Australian place.dist1: 397
Australian place.dir1: SW
Australian place.location1: Sydney

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6715
Elevation: 796
Image: Cooma NSW 2630, Australia - panoramio (11).jpg

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P12749: Diplodactylidae
Commons category: Cooma, New South Wales
postal code: 2630
male population: 3358
female population: 3321
maximum temperature record: 39.5

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Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina.

At the , Cooma had a population of . Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is above sea level. The name could have derived from an Aboriginal word Coombah, meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'.