Burnie

Burnie is the fourth largest city in , with a population of around 20,000. It is on the northwestern coast of Tasmania. Once renowned as a single-industry town with scant concern for the environment, Burnie has undergone a significant transformation into an attractive coastal city with a diverse economy.
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  • Type: City with 20,300 residents
  • Description: port city in Tasmania, Australia
  • Also known as: Burnie, Tasmania” and “Emu Bay

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burnie Park and West Beach.

Park
Photo: Ghouston, CC0.

Beach
Photo: Ghouston, CC0.

Hospital
is the primary healthcare facility for the North Western region of . Like the Mersey Community Hospital, it is operated by the Tasmanian Health Service - North West Region, which is part of the Tasmanian government's Department of Health.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Park Grove and Upper Burnie.

Suburb
is a suburban locality in the local government area of in the North-west and west LGA region of . The locality is about 3 kilometres west of the town of Burnie.

Suburb
Photo: Ghouston, CC0.
is a residential locality in the local government area of in the North-west and west LGA region of . The locality is about 3 kilometres south of the town of Burnie.

Suburb
is a suburban residential locality in the local government area of in the North-west and west LGA region of . The locality is about 3 kilometres south of the town of Burnie.

Burnie

Latitude
-41.0524° or 41° 3′ 9″ south
Longitude
145.9064° or 145° 54′ 23″ east
Population
20,300
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
IATA airport code
BWT
United Nations Location Code
AU BWT
Open location code
4RC7WWX4+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32748684
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2173125
Wiki­data ID
Q175262
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Burnie” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بورني
  • Armenian: Բեռնի
  • Asturian: Burnie
  • Basque: Burnie
  • Belarusian: Берні
  • Bengali: বার্নি, তাসমানিয়া
  • Bengali: বার্নি
  • Catalan: Burnie
  • Cebuano: Burnie
  • Central Kurdish: بورنی، تاسمانیا
  • Central Kurdish: بورنی
  • Chinese: 伯尔尼
  • Chinese: 伯爾尼
  • Czech: Burnie
  • Danish: Burnie
  • Dimli (individual language): Burnie, Tazmanya
  • Dutch: Burnie
  • Egyptian Arabic: بورنى
  • Finnish: Burnie
  • French: Burnie
  • Georgian: ბერნი
  • German: Burnie
  • Greek: Μπέρνι
  • Gujarati: બર્ની
  • Hebrew: בורני
  • Hindi: बर्नी
  • Indonesian: Burnie
  • Irish: Burnie
  • Italian: Burnie
  • Japanese: バーニー
  • Kannada: ಬುರ್ನ್ಐ
  • Korean: 브루니
  • Latvian: Bērnī
  • Lithuanian: Burnis
  • Malagasy: Burnie
  • Malay: Burnie
  • Marathi: बर्नी
  • Northern Frisian: Burnie
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Burnie
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Burnie
  • Norwegian: Burnie
  • Persian: برنی، تاسمانی
  • Persian: برنی
  • Polish: Burnie
  • Portuguese: Burnie
  • Russian: Берни
  • Sinhala: බර්නි
  • South Azerbaijani: برنی، تاسمانی
  • South Azerbaijani: برنی
  • Spanish: Burnie (Tasmania)
  • Spanish: Burnie
  • Swedish: Burnie
  • Tamil: பூர்ணீ
  • Telugu: బూర్నిఏ
  • Thai: เบอร์นี่
  • Turkish: Burnie
  • Ukrainian: Берні
  • Urdu: برنی، تسمانیہ
  • Urdu: برنیی
  • Vietnamese: Burnie, Tasmania
  • Vietnamese: Burnie
  • Welsh: Burnie
  • Western Panjabi: برنی

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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 Wikivoyage page “Burnie”. Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.