Katoomba
Sign in to saveKatoomba is the main town and council seat of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre of Blue Mountains City Council.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Katoomba
- Australian place.state
- nsw
- Australian place.image
- Katoomba bm2.jpg
- Australian place.caption
- Katoomba Street, Katoomba commercial area
- Australian place.mapframe
- yes
- Australian place.lga
- City of Blue Mountains
- Australian place.county
- Cook
- Australian place.postcode
- 2780
- Australian place.est
- 1879
- Australian place.pop
- 8,268
- Australian place.elevation
- 1017
- Australian place.maxtemp
- 17.6
- Australian place.mintemp
- 8.3
- Australian place.rainfall
- 1309.2
- Australian place.stategov
- Blue Mountains
- Australian place.fedgov
- Macquarie
- Australian place.dist1
- 102
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Katoomba is the main town and council seat of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre of Blue Mountains City Council.
Situated on the Great Western Highway and the Great Western Railway, Katoomba is home to the Three Sisters, by road west of Sydney Central Business District and south-east of Lithgow. Katoomba railway station serves the town. Katoomba is located on the lands of the Dharug and Gundungurra Aboriginal peoples.
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1879 establishments in AustraliaAustralian Statistical Geography Standard 2021 ID same as WikidataCittaslowKatoomba, New South WalesMining towns in New South WalesOil shale mining towns in New South WalesPopulated places established in 1879Suburbs of the City of Blue MountainsTowns in New South Wales