Alma

Alma is a small town in halfway between the , to the north, and to the south. Alma, Alma South and Alma Plains were named for the cadastral Hundred of Alma in which they lie, which was in turn named after the Battle of the Alma, the site of an allied victory in the Crimean War.
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  • Type: Locality with 64 residents
  • Description: town in South Australia
  • Also known as: Alma, South Australia” and “Alma, South Australia, Australia

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Owen.

Town
is a rural community in the heart of the Adelaide Plains. is 46 metres above sea-level and receives a reliable 416 mm of rain annually. First settled in about 1865, it is about 80 km north of in and is approximately 40 minutes by road to the nearest main regional centre of Gawler. is situated 8 km west of Alma.

Alma

Latitude
-34.26594° or 34° 15′ 57″ south
Longitude
138.63046° or 138° 37′ 50″ east
Population
64
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
Open location code
4QQWPJMJ+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2269368190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2077842
Wiki­data ID
Q24089961
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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 “Alma”. Photo: Solarence, CC0.