Kambah

Kambah is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra, Australia. It is located just south of Mount Taylor in the Canberra Nature Park.

Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Suburb with 14,900 residents
Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
Also known as: “Kambah, Australian Capital Territory” and “Kambah, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Taylor and Southern Cross Stadium.

Mount Taylor

Peak

Photo: Matilda, Public domain.

Mount Taylor is a prominent hill with an elevation of 856 metres AHD that is located between the Woden Valley, Weston Creek district and Tuggeranong Valley, in Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

The Southern Cross Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tuggeranong, Australian Capital Territory, primarily used for basketball. It has served as an alternate venue for the University of Canberra Capitals of the Women's National Basketball League and hosted the 2025 NBL1 National Finals. Southern Cross Stadium is situated 3½ km south of Kambah.

Viking Park

Stadium

Photo: Dfadden, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Viking Park is an 7,000 capacity multi-sport stadium located in the Tuggeranong Valley suburb Wanniassa, Canberra, Australia. It has a rectangular playing surface which is used primarily to host rugby union matches but additionally has hosted rugby league, Association football and baseball. Viking Park is situated 4 km southeast of Kambah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chifley and Tuggeranong and Country ACT.

Chifley

Suburb

Chifley is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the district of Woden Valley. The suburb's area is 1.6 square kilometres. It was named after Joseph Benedict Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia from July 1945 to December 1949. Chifley is situated 4 km northeast of Kambah.

Tuggeranong and Country ACT

Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Country ACT is a large rural area surrounding the urban areas of Canberra in all directions by the north, where the kookaburra's head hits the New South Wales border.

Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden

Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden are three districts of Canberra just west and southwest of Acton and South Canberra. They are just on the edge of Country ACT home to the National Arboretum, some of the most impressive greenery one could find in Canberra.

Kambah

Category: locality
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.38623° or 35° 23′ 10″ south

Longitude

149.05797° or 149° 3′ 29″ east

Population

14,900

Elevation

596 metres (1,955 feet)

United Nations Location Code

AU KMB

Open location code

4RPFJ375+G5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 42911020

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

8348370

Wikidata ID

Q1103777

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Satellite Map

Discover Kambah from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Persian—“Kambah” goes by many names.

Chinese: “坎巴”
Chinese: “金巴”
French: “Kambah”
Hungarian: “Kambah”
Irish: “Kambah”
Persian: “کامبا، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
Persian: “کامبا”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Karney Street Neighbourhood Playground and Kambah Community Garden.

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