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Newcastle

Australia and New Zealand

Newcastle, also known as Greater Newcastle, is a large metropolitan area and the second-most-populous such area in New South Wales, Australia. It includes the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie and is the hub of the Lower Hunter region, which also takes in parts of Maitland, Cessnock and Port Stephens Council; a Newcastle resident is known as a Novocastrian.

Facts
Population
508,437 1
Area (sq km)
1179.1 1
Founding Year
1804 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
9 1
Latitude
32.93056 degrees south 1
Longitude
151.75417 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+10:00 2
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Source Newcastle Knights (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence, home country or city
Quote, Lead, first sentence, home country or city
based in Newcastle, the largest city in the Hunter Region of New South Wales
Sources
1. Newcastle, New South Wales, Wikipedia
  • Infobox, population
    508,437 (2021 census)(Significant Urban Area)
  • Infobox, population year
    508,437 (2021 census)(Significant Urban Area)
  • History, convict settlement
    A convict settlement was again attempted in 1804, as a place of secondary punishment for unruly convicts.
  • Infobox, area
    Total 1,179.1 km2 (455.3 sq mi)
  • Infobox, elevation
    9 m (30 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates latitude
    32°55′50″S 151°45′15″E / 32.93056°S 151.75417°E / -32.93056; 151.75417
  • Infobox, coordinates longitude
    32°55′50″S 151°45′15″E / 32.93056°S 151.75417°E / -32.93056; 151.75417
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2. GeoNames: Newcastle - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2155472
    -32.92953 151.7801 P PPLA2 AU 02 15900 508437 48 Australia/Sydney
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 48 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -32.75, 151.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -32.75, 151.75
-32.75 151.75 Cfa
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Wikidata: Newcastle
Wikidata Q57278, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Newcastle (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Australia and New Zealand (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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