Forbes

Forbes is a town in the Central West region of , , located on the Newell Highway between and West Wyalong. According to the 2021 census, Forbes has a population of 6,319.
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  • Type: Town with 6,840 residents
  • Description: town in New South Wales, Australia
  • Also known as: “Forbes (Nueva Gales del Sur)”, “Forbes, New South Wales”, “Forbes, New South Wales, Australia”, and “新南威尔士福布斯地区”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Forbes Post Office and Forbes Cemetery.

Post office
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is a heritage-listed post office…

Cemetery
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Forbes

Latitude
-33.3845° or 33° 23′ 4″ south
Longitude
148.0081° or 148° 0′ 29″ east
Population
6,840
Elevation
243 metres (797 feet)
Established
1861
IATA airport code
FRB
UN/LOCODE
AU FRB
Open location code
4RRCJ285+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 230571223
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2166368
Wiki­data ID
Q2107368
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Forbes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فوربس”
  • Asturian: “Forbes”
  • Basque: “Forbes (Hegoaldeko Gales Berria)”
  • Basque: “Forbes”
  • Cebuano: “Forbes”
  • Chinese: “福布斯 (新南威爾士州)”
  • Dutch: “Forbes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فوربس”
  • French: “Forbes”
  • German: “Forbes”
  • Italian: “Forbes”
  • Japanese: “フォーブズ”
  • Malagasy: “Forbes (Aostralia)”
  • Malagasy: “Forbes”
  • Persian: “فوربز، نیو ساوت ولز”
  • Persian: “فوربز”
  • Polish: “Forbes (Australia)”
  • Polish: “Forbes”
  • Portuguese: “Forbes”
  • Russian: “Форбс”
  • Spanish: “Forbes”
  • Swedish: “Forbes, New South Wales”
  • Swedish: “Forbes”
  • Urdu: “فوربس، نیو ساؤتھ ویلز”
  • Vietnamese: “Forbes, New South Wales”
  • Vietnamese: “Forbes”

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