Castlemaine is a town in west-central Victoria, Australia, in the Goldfields region about 123 kilometers northwest of Melbourne and 39 kilometers from Bendigo. It serves as the administrative and economic center of the Shire of Mount Alexander and was named by the goldfield commissioner Captain W. Wright after his Irish uncle, Viscount Castlemaine. At the 2021 census it had a population of 7,506.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Castlemaine, Victoria (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 7,506 (2021)
2. Castlemaine, Victoria (Wikipedia)
- Infobox, established
- In Group: Cities of Australia and New Zealand (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Castlemaine, Victoria coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevationQuote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 291.0 ]
4. 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 -37.25, 144.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -37.25, 144.25
-37.25 144.25 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Castlemaine - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2172106, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2172106, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-37.06709 144.21684 P PPL AU 07 25430 7506 281 Australia/Melbourne
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