Tuggeranong

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Location of Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong is a municipality in Canberra , the capital of Australia . It is 159.9 km² in size, comprises 19 districts with a total of 90,410 inhabitants (2003) and is located on the Murrumbidgee River in a valley of the Brindabella Range . The districts were built between 1974 and 1992, over half of them in the mid-1980s. The development is concentrated around Lake Tuggeranong , which was dammed in 1987. Cave paintings and excavated objects suggest that the Aborigines lived here as early as 21,000 years ago. Tuggeranong is an Aboriginal term that means "cold plain".

Districts

  • Banks
  • Bonython
  • Calwell
  • Chisholm
  • Conder
  • Fadden
  • Gilmore
  • Gordon
  • Gowrie
  • Greenway
  • Hume
  • Isabella Plains
  • Kambah
  • Macarthur
  • Monash
  • Oxley
  • Richardson
  • Theodore
  • Wanniassa

climate

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Tuggeranong
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.1 28.8 25.5 21.4 16.5 13.1 12.3 14.0 17.4 20.0 23.4 27.4 O 20.7
Min. Temperature (° C) 13.9 14.2 11.0 6.6 2.6 0.8 -0.2 0.7 4.2 6.1 9.2 11.9 O 6.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 67.1 51.5 50.5 42.7 44.1 50.7 56.8 53.8 61.0 60.0 78.6 63.1 Σ 679.9
Rainy days ( d ) 8th 6th 6th 6th 7th 10 10 10 9 9 11 7th Σ 99
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p
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29.1
13.9
28.8
14.2
25.5
11.0
21.4
6.6
16.5
2.6
13.1
0.8
12.3
-0.2
14.0
0.7
17.4
4.2
20.0
6.1
23.4
9.2
27.4
11.9
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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g 		67.1
51.5
50.5
42.7
44.1
50.7
56.8
53.8
61.0
60.0
78.6
63.1
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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Coordinates: 35 ° 25 ′  S , 149 ° 5 ′  E