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Leigh Creek

Leigh Creek is a former coal-mining town in eastern central . At the 2016 census, Leigh Creek had a population of 245, a 55% decrease from 550 in the previous census in 2011.
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  • Type: Town with 91 residents
  • Description: town in South Australia
  • Also known as: “Copley”, “Leigh Creek, South Australia”, “Leigh Creek, South Australia, Australia”, and “Leigh’s Creek”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Copley.

Village
is a town in the of . The township adjacent to Leigh Creek Railway Station was officially dedicated as the Town of by a proclamation published on 27 August 1891. is situated 5 km northeast of Leigh Creek.

Leigh Creek

Latitude
-30.59321° or 30° 35′ 36″ south
Longitude
138.4031° or 138° 24′ 11″ east
Population
91
Elevation
266 metres (873 feet)
IATA airport code
LGH
United Nations Location Code
AU LGH
Open location code
4QXWCC43+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3442199307
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2067820
Wiki­data ID
Q6519567
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Tagalog—“Leigh Creek” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Leigh Creek”
  • Basque: “Leigh Creek (Hegoaldeko Australia)”
  • Basque: “Leigh Creek”
  • Cebuano: “Leigh Creek”
  • Dutch: “Leigh Creek”
  • French: “Leigh Creek”
  • Japanese: “リー・クリーク”
  • Persian: “لی کریک، استرالیای جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Leigh Creek”
  • Portuguese: “Leigh Creek”
  • Russian: “Ли-Крик-Саут”
  • Swedish: “Leigh Creek”
  • Tagalog: “Leigh Creek”

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