Armidale

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Armidale
Armidale overview.jpg
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Founded : 1849
Coordinates : 30 ° 30 ′  S , 151 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 30 ′  S , 151 ° 40 ′  E
Height : 980  m
Residents : 20,386 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 2350
LGA : Armidale Dumaresq Council
Armidale (New South Wales)
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Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1857–1997
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Armidale
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 27.1 26.1 24.1 20.6 16.4 13.1 12.2 14.2 17.6 21.2 24.3 26.5 O 20.3
Min. Temperature (° C) 13.4 13.3 11.3 7.5 3.9 1.6 0.3 1.1 3.7 7.0 9.8 12.2 O 7.1
Precipitation ( mm ) 104.5 87.1 65.0 45.9 44.4 56.9 49.2 48.4 51.6 67.8 80.4 89.2 Σ 790.4
Rainy days ( d ) 10.3 9.7 9.5 7.9 8.3 9.9 8.9 8.5 7.7 9.0 9.3 10.0 Σ 109
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Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1857–1997

Armidale is a city in the Australian state of New South Wales and is about halfway between Sydney and Brisbane . It is located in the New England region in the Northern Tablelands at an altitude of about 980 m.

description

Armidale was founded in 1849 and has 19,818 inhabitants. The name comes from George James Macdonald, Commissioner of the Crown Lands in the late 1830s, and is an altered spelling of Armadale on the Isle of Skye , the seat of the Macdonald clan .

The city is home to the University of New England . It also has two cathedrals, St Peter's Anglican Cathedral of the Anglican Church and The Catholic Cathedral of St Mary and St Joseph of the Roman Catholic Church. Armidale also has the highest airport in Australia. Armidale can be reached by rail on the Newcastle - Toowoomba route and the New England Highway .

Armidale is the center and seat of the regional administration of the Armidale Dumaresq Council .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town:

See also

Web links

Commons : Armidale, New South Wales  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Armidale ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Klimainformationen Armidale. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 .
  3. ^ UBD (1994) New South Wales: Towns and Cities
  4. ↑ Anya Beyersdorf in the Internet Movie Database (English)