Coonabarabran
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Coonabarabran () is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 2,387, and as of 2021, the population of Coonabarabran and its surrounding area is 3,477. Local and district residents refer to the town as 'Coona'. Coonabarabran is the gateway to the Warrumbungle National Park, Siding Spring Observatory and the Pilliga Forest.
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It is catalogued under topics including Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021 ID same as Wikidata, Coonabarabran, New South Wales and Geographic Names Register of NSW not in Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Coonabarabran
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- CountryTown0002.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Town centre/Imperial Hotel
- Australian place.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Australian place.pop
- 2387
- Australian place.postcode
- 2357
- Australian place.elevation
- 505
- Australian place.dist1
- 451
- Australian place.dir1
- NW
- Australian place.location1
- Sydney
- Australian place.dist2
- 161
- Australian place.dir2
- NE
- Australian place.location2
- Dubbo
- Australian place.dist3
- 182
- Australian place.dir3
- W
- Australian place.location3
- Tamworth
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- locality
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 2387
- Elevation
- 518
- Capital of
- Warrumbungle Shire
- Image
- CountryTown0002.jpg
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- Commons category
- Coonabarabran, New South Wales
- postal code
- 2357
- male population
- 1554
- female population
- 1733
- associated electoral district
- Parkes
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Heritage listings
- Demographics
- Astronomy
- Recreation
- Churches
- Climate
- Media
- Schools
- Coonabarabran Public School
- Coonabarabran High School
- St Lawrence's Catholic Primary School
- Notable residents
- Transport
- References
- External links
Coonabarabran () is a town in Warrumbungle Shire that sits on the divide between the Central West and North West Slopes regions of New South Wales, Australia. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 2,387, and as of 2021, the population of Coonabarabran and its surrounding area is 3,477. Local and district residents refer to the town as 'Coona'. Coonabarabran is the gateway to the Warrumbungle National Park, Siding Spring Observatory and the Pilliga Forest.
==Etymology== The origin of the name Coonabarabran is unconfirmed. It may derive from a person's name or from the Kamilaroi language word 'gunbaraaybaa' meaning 'excrement', translated earlier as meaning, 'peculiar odour', this is possibly a bowdlerisation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coonabarabran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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