Jacka
Jacka is a suburb of Gungahlin, Canberra, the National Capital of Australia. The suburb was gazetted on 25 April 2001 and development began in 2013. It had some residents at the beginning of 2014.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 664 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Jacka, Australian Capital Territory” and “Jacka, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palmer Trigonometrical Station and Gungahlin Enclosed Oval.
Palmer Trigonometrical Station
Historic site
Photo: Mark rattigan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Palmer Trigonometrical Station is a historic site, which is situated 3 km south of Jacka.
Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
Recreation area
Photo: Mark rattigan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gungahlin Enclosed Oval is a multi-use stadium located in the north Canberra region of Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory. It is the home ground for Gungahlin United, Gungahlin Jets, Gungahlin Bulls and Gungahlin Eagles. Gungahlin Enclosed Oval is situated 4 km south of Jacka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taylor and Gungahlin.
Taylor
Suburb
Photo: Chrisfromcanberra, Public domain.
Taylor is a suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra, Australia. Development of the suburb began in 2017. It is named after magazine publisher Florence Mary Taylor, who was editor of and writer for several Australian building industry journals including the influential Building magazine.
Gungahlin
Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gungahlin is Canberra's northernmost district. Many travellers visit the district for the Gold Creek Village, a family-friendly "village", holding nearly all of Gungahlin's important tourist attractions.
Hall
Photo: Sheba Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Have you ever wondered whether there were any settlements in the Australian Capital Territory before it was established? Hall is one of the last few remnants of what was New South Wales bushland before the capital was established.
Jacka
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.14952° or 35° 8′ 58″ southLongitude
149.13043° or 149° 7′ 50″ eastPopulation
664Elevation
637 metres (2,090 feet)Open location code
4RPFV42J+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 1900317415OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
9973376Wikidata ID
Q1099171
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Jacka” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杰卡 (澳大利亚首都特区)”
- Chinese: “杰卡”
- Hungarian: “Jacka”
- Irish: “Jacka”
- Persian: “جاکا، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
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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 “Jacka”. Photo: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0.