Kuranda

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Kuranda

Total population

2,456

Coordinates-16.82°, 145.63°

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

Overview

Kuranda is a rural town and locality on the Atherton Tableland in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Cairns, via the Kuranda Range road. It is surrounded by tropical rainforest and adjacent to the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage listed Barron Gorge National Park. In the 2021 census, the locality of Kuranda had a population of 3,273 people.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Queensland

• Yarrabah
  16.5 mi away
• Gordonvale
  21.2 mi away · pop. 6,035
• Green Island
  22.8 mi away
• Julatten
  24.3 mi away
• Tolga
  29.6 mi away · pop. 1,277
• Tinaburra
  30 mi away
• Mossman Gorge Aboriginal Community
  30.7 mi away
• North Mossman
  31.4 mi away
• Eachamvale
  32.5 mi away
• Rocky Point
  33.2 mi away
• Weerimba
  33.3 mi away
• Carrington
  35.2 mi away · pop. 191

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kuranda

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Asian Honey Bee

Apis cerana

Seen 2026-09-22

Fruit Spotting Bug

Amblypelta lutescens

Seen 2026-09-22

Lace Monitor

Varanus varius

Seen 2026-09-22

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Seen 2026-09-22

Caspian Tern

Hydroprogne caspia

Seen 2026-09-22

Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Sahul Sunbird

Cinnyris frenatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Varied Triller

Lalage leucomela

Seen 2026-09-22

Torresian Imperial Pigeon

Ducula spilorrhoa

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).