Lithgow
Lithgow is a town that developed around the coal mining industry, just west of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. With the exception of the nearby Zig-Zag steam heritage railway, it has not long been recognised as a visitor destination.
- Type: Town with 11,200 residents
- Description: city in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Lithgow (Nueva Gales del Sur)”, “Lithgow (ort)”, “Lithgow, New South Wales”, and “Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bowenfels railway station and Bowenfels rail viaducts.
Lithgow
- Categories: city, suburb, and locality
- Location: City of Lithgow, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.4815° or 33° 28′ 54″ south
Longitude
150.1565° or 150° 9′ 23″ east
Population
11,200
Elevation
916 metres (3,005 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AU LTG
Open location code
4RRGG594+9H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Lithgow” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሊትጎ”
- Arabic: “ليثغو”
- Asturian: “Lithgow”
- Basque: “Lithgow (Hegoaldeko Gales Berria)”
- Basque: “Lithgow”
- Bengali: “লিথগু”
- Catalan: “Lithgow”
- Cebuano: “Lithgow”
- Central Kurdish: “لیسگەو”
- Chinese: “利斯戈”
- Danish: “Lithgow”
- Dutch: “Lithgow”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليثجو”
- Finnish: “Lithgow”
- French: “Lithgow”
- Georgian: “ლითგოუ”
- German: “Lithgow”
- Greek: “Λίθγκοου”
- Gujarati: “લિથગો”
- Hindi: “लिथगो”
- Indonesian: “Lithgow, New South Wales”
- Indonesian: “Lithgow”
- Irish: “Lithgow”
- Italian: “Lithgow”
- Japanese: “リスゴー”
- Javanese: “Lithgow”
- Kannada: “ಲಿಥ್ಗೋವ್”
- Korean: “리스고우”
- Latvian: “Litgova”
- Lithuanian: “Litgou”
- Malagasy: “Lithgow”
- Malay: “Lithgow”
- Marathi: “लिथगो”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lithgow”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lithgow”
- Persian: “لیتگو، نیو ساوت ولز”
- Persian: “لیتگو”
- Polish: “Lithgow”
- Portuguese: “Lithgow”
- Russian: “Литгоу”
- Scots: “Lithgow”
- Silesian: “Lightgow”
- Silesian: “Lihtgow”
- Sinhala: “ලිත්ගොව්”
- Slovenian: “Lithgow”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیتقوو، یئنی گونئی ولز”
- Spanish: “Lithgow”
- Swedish: “Lithgow”
- Tamil: “லீக்கௌ”
- Telugu: “లిథ్గో”
- Thai: “ลิธโกว์”
- Turkish: “Lithgow, Yeni Güney Galler”
- Turkish: “Lithgow”
- Ukrainian: “Літгоу”
- Urdu: “لیتحجوو”
- Urdu: “لیتھگو، نیوساؤتھ ویلز”
- Vietnamese: “Lithgow, New South Wales”
- Vietnamese: “Lithgow”
- Welsh: “Lithgow”
- Western Panjabi: “لتھگو”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Lithgow and Pottery Estate.
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