Northam

Northam is a town in the region of Western Australia, with a population of 6679 in 2021. It's 100 km east of Perth and like other nearby towns it was founded in the 1830s when the Avon Valley was colonised.
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  • Type: Town with 6,680 residents
  • Description: town in Wheatbelt region in Western Australia
  • Also known as: “Northam (Australia Occidental)”, “Northam, Australia”, “Northam, W.A.”, “Northam, Western Australia”, and “Northam, Western Australia, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Northam railway station, Western Australia and Northam Railway Station (former).

Railway station
Photo: V1213, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Northam railway station is located in Northam on the Eastern Railway route in .

Railway station
Photo: Erldenmile, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Government office
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a government office.

Northam

Latitude
-31.6535° or 31° 39′ 13″ south
Longitude
116.6727° or 116° 40′ 22″ east
Population
6,680
Elevation
155 metres (509 feet)
UN/LOCODE
AU NHA
Open location code
4PWR8MWF+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2553978905
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2064550
Wiki­data ID
Q478147
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Northam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نورثام”
  • Asturian: “Northam”
  • Basque: “Northam (Mendebaldeko Australia)”
  • Basque: “Northam”
  • Belarusian: “Нортэм”
  • Cebuano: “Northam”
  • Danish: “Northam”
  • Dutch: “Northam, Western Australia”
  • Dutch: “Northam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نورثام”
  • French: “Northam”
  • German: “Northam”
  • Hebrew: “נורת’האם”
  • Italian: “Northam”
  • Japanese: “ノーザム”
  • Lithuanian: “Nortamas (Australija)”
  • Lithuanian: “Nortamas”
  • Malagasy: “Northam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northam”
  • Persian: “نورتام، استرالیای غربی”
  • Persian: “نورتام”
  • Polish: “Northam”
  • Portuguese: “Northam”
  • Russian: “Нортам”
  • Russian: “Нортем”
  • Slovenian: “Northam”
  • Spanish: “Northam”
  • Swedish: “Northam, Western Australia”
  • Ukrainian: “Нортем”
  • Urdu: “نارتھم، مغربی آسٹریلیا”
  • “Northam”

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