Kilcoy
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- Type: Town with 2,350 residents
- Description: town in Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Kilcoy, Queensland” and “Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia”
Kilcoy
- Category: locality
- Location: Somerset, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-26.94313° or 26° 56′ 35″ south
Longitude
152.56542° or 152° 33′ 56″ east
Population
2,350
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AU GYX
Open location code
5R5J3H48+P5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Polish—“Kilcoy” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kilcoy”
- Basque: “Kilcoy (Queensland)”
- Basque: “Kilcoy”
- Bengali: “কিলকয়”
- Chinese: “基尔科依”
- Dutch: “Kilcoy”
- French: “Kilcoy”
- Persian: “کیلکوی”
- Polish: “Kilcoy”
- “Kilcoy”
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Places to explore: Winya and Glenfern.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kilcoy Post Office and Kilcoy Library.
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