Nyngan

Nyngan
Court house, Nyngan
State :  Australia State : New South Wales
Coordinates : 31 ° 34 ′  S , 147 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 34 ′  S , 147 ° 12 ′  E Height : 173  m
Residents : 1,988 (2016)
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 2825 LGA : Bogan Shire
Nyngan

Nyngan is a city in the Australian state of New South Wales and is located about 580 kilometers northwest of Sydney .

The place was founded in 1891 and today has 1975 inhabitants.

The city is located on the Mitchell Highway , the Barrier Highway branches off in Nyngan and leads from here to Broken Hill .

Around the turn of April / May 1990, Nyngan was hardest hit by the heavy rains in the region. Almost all buildings were under water and the population had to be evacuated.

Personalities

Railway Station (now a museum), Nyngan

• Phillip Dutton , show jumper

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Nyngan ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.