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Karratha

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City of Karratha WA, PO Box 219, Karratha, WA 6714
08 9186 8555

Description

Karratha is a city in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, adjoining the port of Dampier.

Karratha is a city in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, adjoining the port of Dampier. It was established in 1968 to accommodate the processing and exportation workforce of the Hamersley Iron mining company and, in the 1980s, the petroleum and liquefied natural gas operations of the North West Shelf Venture. As of June 2018, Karratha had an urban population of 16,708. The city's name comes from the cattle station of the same name, which derives from a word in a local Aboriginal language meaning "good country" or "soft earth". The city is the seat of government of the City of Karratha, a local government area covering the surrounding region.

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Type: Towns

Population: 1-100

Time zone: UTC +08:00

Area: 0.488 km2

Elevation: 11-50 metres

Town elevation: 18 m

Population number: 81

Local Government Area: City of Karratha

Location

City of Karratha WA, PO Box 219, Karratha, WA 6714

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Karratha, Western Australia

Karratha - Localista

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