Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia, the fourth largest city on the island. It lies about 325 kilometers north-west of the state capital Hobart, 147 kilometers north-west of Launceston, and 47 kilometers west of Devonport. Founded in 1827 as Emu Bay, the settlement was renamed in the early 1840s after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and was proclaimed a city by Queen Elizabeth II on 26 April 1988. Its 2021 census population was 19,918, across a municipal area of 600 square kilometers administered by the City of Burnie.
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Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude41.063611 degrees south 2 Longitude145.891944 degrees east 2 Sources
1. GeoNames: Burnie
GeoNames geonameid 2173125 (Burnie), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Burnie (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1827-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -41.063611, longitude 145.891944
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
View the SourceWikidata: Burnie
Wikidata Q175262, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Burnie (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Australia and New Zealand (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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