Orange (New South Wales)

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State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Founded : 1846
Coordinates : 33 ° 16 ′  S , 149 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 16 ′  S , 149 ° 5 ′  E
Height : 863  m
Area : 63.7  km²
Residents : 37,182 (2016)
Population density : 584 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 2800
LGA : City of Orange
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Orange (New South Wales)
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Orange is a city in the Australian state of New South Wales , about 250 kilometers west of Sydney . The population is around 37,000.

The most important industries in the city include mining . The cultivation of fruit also plays an important role, mainly apples , pears , cherries and peaches are grown. In 1851 the first gold discoveries in Australia led to the first Australian gold rush in the nearby village of Ophir .

The city is on an important main road to Sydney and is a rail hub. The main route is to Sydney, one to Dubbo and another to Molong . In Molong the route forks again: one route leads to Dubbo and another to Adelaide .

Orange is the center and administrative seat of the local administrative area Orange City .

Town twinning

Orange currently has four city partnerships: since 1963 with the Californian city ​​of Orange in the USA , since 1985 with Mount Hagen in the Western Highlands province in Papua New Guinea , since 1986 with the New Zealand city ​​of Timaru and since 1990 with Ushiku in the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Orange, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Orange ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. "Sister Cities" on the homepage of the city of Orange ( memento of the original from December 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orange.nsw.gov.au