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Also known as Leongatha, Victoria, Leongatha, Victoria, Australia

Leongatha ( ) is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne. At the , Leongatha had a population of 5,869.

Key facts

Australian place.type
town
Australian place.name
Leongatha
Australian place.state
vic
Australian place.image
Leongatha McCartin Street.jpg
Australian place.caption
McCartin Street
Australian place.lga
South Gippsland Shire
Australian place.use_lga_map
yes
Australian place.postcode
3953
Australian place.pop
5,869
Australian place.elevation
88.0
Australian place.maxtemp
19.0
Australian place.mintemp
8.4
Australian place.rainfall
970.4
Australian place.county
Buln Buln
Australian place.stategov
Gippsland South
Australian place.fedgov
Monash
Australian place.dist1
135
Australian place.dir1
SE

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Leongatha ( ) is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne. At the , Leongatha had a population of 5,869.

Canadian dairy company Saputo which trades in Australia under the Devondale label, among others, has a dairy processing plant on the north side of the town producing milk-based products for Australian and overseas markets.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leongatha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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