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Tuan

Queenslandhamlet

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WeatherAvg high 78.6°F
Coordinates-25.68°, 152.88°

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City facts

Overview

Tuan is a coastal rural town and locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Tuan had a population of 140 people.

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History & geography

History

The town name takes its name for an Aboriginal word from a Sydney dialect meaning brush tailed phascogale.

Geography

Big Tuan Creek forms the southern boundary of the locality while Little Tuan Creek bounds the locality to the north. The Great Sandy Strait bounds the locality to the east. The town is situated on the eastern shore.

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Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Latitude
-25.6798
Longitude
152.8766
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Avg high
78.6°F
Avg low
63.7°F
Annual precipitation
38.1 in

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
56,363
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Willie-wagtail
    Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
    998
  • Silver Gull
    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826) · Aves
    850
  • Masked Lapwing
    Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
    772
  • Bar-shouldered Dove
    Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) · Aves
    764
  • Far Eastern Curlew
    Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    743
  • Brown Honeyeater
    Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
    717
  • Mangrove Honeyeater
    Gavicalis fasciogularis (Gould, 1854) · Aves
    715
  • Australasian Figbird
    Sphecotheres vieilloti Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
    712

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
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Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.3
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,934

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
93
Avg daily Wikipedia views
3
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tuan

Computational models for life sciences (CMLS '07)
International Symposium on Computational Models of Life Sciences (2007 Queensland, Australia) · 2007
Inside Out & Back Again
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhha Lai · 2011

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Tuan, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Poecilometis eximius 318414427 — Tuan, Australia1.7 miISS058-E-23670 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia2 miISS058-E-23669 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia2 miISS065-E-273141 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia2 miAngophora leiocarpa tree — Tuan, Australia4.7 miAngophora leiocarpa adult leaves — Tuan, Australia4.7 miISS065-E-304811 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia5 miISS065-E-304812 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia5 miISS065-E-306834 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia5 miPolyrhachis hookeri — Tuan, Australia5.5 miMap of Town of Tawan, 1922 — Tuan, Australia5.6 miISS065-E-304813 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia5.7 miISS065-E-306835 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia5.7 miISS065-E-306836 - View of Earth — Tuan, Australia5.7 mi

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Official Identifiers

ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics

ASGS 2021
SAL32876
Population (Wikidata)
140
Wikidata
Q55453408

ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics — ASGS 2021 ID via Wikidata P10112