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Meekatharra

Meekatharra

Meekatharra is a town in the region of . Meekatharra is a Yamatji word meaning "place of little water". At the 2016 census, Meekatharra had a population of 708, with 34.0% being of Aboriginal descent.
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  • Type: Town with 675 residents
  • Description: town in Western Australia
  • Also known as: “Meekatharra, Western Australia” and “Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buttah Windee Community.

Village
Buttah Windee is a small Aboriginal community 5 km west of Meekatharra in the region of , within the Shire of Meekatharra. is situated 5 km west of Meekatharra.

Meekatharra

Latitude
-26.59256° or 26° 35′ 33″ south
Longitude
118.4957° or 118° 29′ 45″ east
Population
675
Elevation
518 metres (1,699 feet)
IATA airport code
MKR
United Nations Location Code
AU MKR
Open location code
5P5WCF4W+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5705053185
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2066591
Wiki­data ID
Q581029
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Meekatharra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميكاثارا”
  • Asturian: “Meekatharra”
  • Belarusian: “Мікатара”
  • Cebuano: “Meekatharra”
  • Dutch: “Meekatharra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميكاثارا”
  • French: “Meekatharra”
  • German: “Meekatharra”
  • Italian: “Meekatharra”
  • Lithuanian: “Mikatara”
  • Persian: “میکاثارا، استرالیای غربی”
  • Polish: “Meekatharra”
  • Portuguese: “Meekatharra”
  • Russian: “Микатарра”
  • Spanish: “Meekatharra”
  • Swedish: “Meekatharra”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Meekatharra Police Station and Meekatharra War Memorial Swimming Pool.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Meekatharra”. Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 3.0.