New South Wales
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Richmond Valley

Evans Head

Evans Head is a town in Richmond Valley Council of the region of , Australia. At the 2016 census, Evans Head had a population of 2,843 people.
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  • Type: Village with 2,890 residents
  • Description: town in New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Evans Head, Australia”, “Evans Head, New South Wales”, “Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia”, and “Evans Head, Richmond Valley Shire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a heritage-listed airport in Evans Head, . The airport is approximately 1 km north of the village. During World War II it was Royal Australian Air Force Station Evans Head supporting RAAF No 1 Bombing and Gunnery School and subsequently the RAAF No 1 Air Observers School.

Evans Head

Latitude
-29.1174° or 29° 7′ 3″ south
Longitude
153.4312° or 153° 25′ 52″ east
Population
2,890
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
IATA airport code
EVH
United Nations Location Code
AU EVH
Open location code
5R2MVCMJ+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25988466
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2167050
Wiki­data ID
Q14208816
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Evans Head” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Evans Head”
  • Basque: “Evans Head (Hegoaldeko Gales Berria)”
  • Basque: “Evans Head”
  • Cebuano: “Evans Head”
  • Dutch: “Evans Head”
  • French: “Evans Head”
  • German: “Evans Head”
  • Italian: “Evans Head”
  • Malagasy: “Evans Head”
  • Persian: “ایوانز هد، نیو ساوت ولز”
  • Polish: “Evans Head”
  • Portuguese: “Evans Head”
  • Spanish: “Evans Head”
  • Swedish: “Evans Head”

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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 “Evans Head”. Photo: VPyne, CC BY-SA 4.0.