Broome

Broome is the largest town in the region of , with 14,660 residents in 2021. Established through the pearling industry of the late 19th century, it became a beach resort in the 1980s.
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  • Type: City with 14,700 residents
  • Description: town in Kimberley region of Western Australia
  • Also known as: “（Broome）”, “Broome (Australia Occidental)”, “Broome, Australia”, “Broome, Western Australia”, “Broome, Western Australia, Australia”, “Broome(australien)”, “Roebuck Bay”, “Rubibi”, “Μπρουμ, Δυτική Αυστραλία”, “Брум (город)”, “ब्रूम, पश्चिम ऑस्ट्रेलिया”, and “ब्रूम,पश्चिम ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Broome International Airport and Broome Cable House.

Aerodrome
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY 3.0.
is a regional airport…

Courthouse
Photo: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au.
The opened on 9 April 1889 and is now known as the Broome Court House.

Prison
is an Australian in Broome, Western Australia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cable Beach and Djugun.

Suburb
Photo: Kate Branch Photography, CC0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
is a northern suburb…

Suburb
is a northern suburb…

Broome

Latitude
-17.9567° or 17° 57′ 24″ south
Longitude
122.224° or 122° 13′ 27″ east
Population
14,700
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Named after
Frederick Broome
IATA airport code
BME
UN/LOCODE
AU BME
Open location code
5QJ426VF+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 53919243
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2075720
Wiki­data ID
Q606294
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Broome” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بروم”
  • Asturian: “Broome”
  • Basque: “Broome (Mendebaldeko Australia)”
  • Basque: “Broome”
  • Belarusian: “Брум”
  • Catalan: “Broome”
  • Cebuano: “Broome”
  • Chinese: “布冧埠”
  • Chinese: “布鲁姆”
  • Czech: “Broome”
  • Danish: “Broome”
  • Dutch: “Broome”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بروم”
  • Esperanto: “Broome”
  • Estonian: “Broome”
  • Finnish: “Broome”
  • French: “Broome”
  • Georgian: “ბრუმი”
  • German: “Broome”
  • Greek: “Μπρουμ”
  • Hebrew: “ברום”
  • Hungarian: “Broome”
  • Irish: “Broome”
  • Italian: “Broome”
  • Japanese: “ブルーム (西オーストラリア州)”
  • Japanese: “ブルーム”
  • Korean: “브룸”
  • Lithuanian: “Brumas”
  • Malagasy: “Broome”
  • Marathi: “ब्रूम, वेस्टर्न ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Marathi: “ब्रूम”
  • Nauru: “Broome”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Broome”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Broome”
  • Norwegian: “Broome”
  • Persian: “بروم، استرالیای غربی”
  • Persian: “بروم”
  • Polish: “Broome”
  • Portuguese: “Broome”
  • Romanian: “Broome”
  • Russian: “Брум”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Broome”
  • Slovenian: “Broome”
  • Spanish: “Broome”
  • Swahili: “Broome”
  • Swedish: “Broome, Western Australia”
  • Thai: “บรูม”
  • Turkish: “Broome, Batı Avustralya”
  • Turkish: “Broome”
  • Ukrainian: “Брум”
  • Urdu: “بروم، مغربی آسٹریلیا”
  • Welsh: “Broome, Gorllewin Awstralia”
  • Yue Chinese: “布冧埠”

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