Port Pirie

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Port Pirie
Cranes and ship at Broken Hill Associated Smelters' Port Pirie wharf (GN15189) .jpg
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia
Founded : 1845
Coordinates : 33 ° 11 ′  S , 138 ° 1 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 11 ′  S , 138 ° 1 ′  E
Height : 4  m
Area : 33.3  km²
Residents : 13,740 (2016)
Population density : 413 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30)
Postal code : 5540
LGA : Port Pirie Regional Council
Port Pirie (South Australia)
Port Pirie
Port Pirie

Port Pirie is a city in the Australian state of South Australia . It is located about 220 km northwest of Adelaide on the Pirie River, which flows 8 km further west into the Spencer Gulf .

Port Pirie was founded in 1845 and today has about 14,000 inhabitants. In the city is the Port Pirie Smelter , the largest lead smelter in the world. It processes lead and other ores from the Broken Hill mines .

Port Pirie is the second largest port in South Australia and the starting point for excursions in the Flinders Range . The city is also the seat of the Port Pirie diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, which covers most of South Australia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Port Pirie ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.