Wagga Wagga is a major regional city on the Murrumbidgee River in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, roughly midway between Sydney and Melbourne. It is the ninth largest inland city in Australia and an agricultural, military and transport hub, with an urban population of 57,003 at the 2021 census; the Wiradjuri people are its original inhabitants, and the town was surveyed in 1849, incorporated as a municipality in 1870 and proclaimed a city in 1946.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude35.119444 degrees south 1 Longitude147.366667 degrees east 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wagga Wagga (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1829-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 49,686 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -35.119444, longitude 147.366667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 147 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 49686 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Wagga Wagga - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2145110
-35.12577 147.35375 P PPLX AU 02 17750 7690 201 Australia/Sydney
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 201 m
View the Source 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 -35.25, 147.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -35.25, 147.25
-35.25 147.25 Cfa
Wikidata: Wagga Wagga
Wikidata Q459600, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Wagga Wagga (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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