Mareeba
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Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning meeting of the waters. In the , the locality of Mareeba had a population of 11,825 people.
Key facts
- Australian place.type
- town
- Australian place.name
- Mareeba
- Australian place.state
- qld
- Australian place.image
- Mareeba.jpg
- Australian place.local_map
- yes
- Australian place.zoom
- 9
- Australian place.pop
- 11,825
- Australian place.established
- 1877
- Australian place.postcode
- 4880
- Australian place.area
- 480.3
- Australian place.timezone
- AEST
- Australian place.utc
- +10:00
- Australian place.dist1
- 62.6
- Australian place.dir1
- W
- Australian place.location1
- Cairns
- Australian place.dist2
- 385
- Australian place.dir2
- NNW
- Australian place.location2
- Townsville
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Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning meeting of the waters. In the , the locality of Mareeba had a population of 11,825 people.
== Geography == The town is above sea level on the confluence of the Barron River, Granite Creek and Emerald Creek.
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