Coonamble

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Coonamble

Total population

2,353

Coordinates-30.96°, 148.39°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway 95 km north-west of Gilgandra and 115 km south-east of Walgett. At the 2016 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,750. It is the regional hub for wheat growing and sheep and wool. The name for the town is taken from the Gamilaraay word guna (faeces) and -bil.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.