Bunbury (Western Australia)

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Bunbury
Bunbury 03.jpg
Panorama of Bunbury
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia
Founded : 1836
Coordinates : 33 ° 21 ′  S , 115 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 21 ′  S , 115 ° 39 ′  E
Height : 5  m
Area : 116.1  km²
Residents : 71,090 (2016)
Population density : 612 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AWST (UTC + 8)
LGA : Bunbury City
Website :
Bunbury (Western Australia)
Bunbury
Bunbury

Bunbury is a city in the Australian state of Western Australia (Western Australia).

overview

Bunbury, the second largest city in Western Australia, is the center of the outer Southwest Australia, the South West Region . It is located about 180 kilometers south of Perth and about 370 kilometers west of Albany near the mouth of the Collie River on Geographe Bay .

The village was founded in 1829 and promoted to town in 1979. The population is around 71,000 (2016). The climate is somewhat more temperate than that of Perth. Bunbury is connected to Perth by the South Western Railway , on which the Australind operates.

The Edith Cowan University (ECU), based in Perth, has established in Bunbury the "Bunbury Campus".

climate

Bunbury
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1995–2002, 1877–1985
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Bunbury
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.3 30.1 27.2 24.6 21.0 18.5 17.2 17.3 18.2 20.7 24.2 27.6 O 23
Min. Temperature (° C) 15.5 15.7 13.9 12.2 9.4 8.4 6.8 7.6 8.7 8.7 12.1 14.0 O 11.1
Precipitation ( mm ) 11.1 11.8 21.9 46.4 128.1 182.9 170.6 123.6 80.4 54.1 26.2 13.7 Σ 870.8
Rainy days ( d ) 2.4 2.4 3.8 7.3 14.0 17.9 19.5 17.3 13.7 10.9 6.5 3.7 Σ 119.4
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Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1995–2002, 1877–1985

Town twinning

The city of Bunbury has been twinned with Setagaya , a district of Tokyo (since November 10, 1992).

Web links

Commons : Bunbury, Western Australia  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Meteorology
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Bunbury (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Klimainformationen Bunbury. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 .