Townsville

Townsville is a laid-back coastal city of over 173,724 people in . Townsville is on the coast and enjoys an average of 320 days of sunshine a year.
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  • Type: City with 174,000 residents
  • Description: city in Queensland, Australia
  • Also known as: “Gurambilbarra”, “Townsville, Australia”, and “Townsville, Queensland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Queensland Stadium and Reef HQ.

Stadium
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is a stadium located in the Townsville suburb of . It is primarily used for rugby league as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys which compete in the National Rugby League.

Public aquarium
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was the world's largest living coral reef aquarium located in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The aquarium was built as a Bicentennial Commemorative project and was a part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

Church
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is a heritage-listed Roman Catholic cathedral at 266 Stanley Street, , , , Australia. It was built from 1896 to 1902 by Dennis Kelleher.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Townsville City and Castle Hill.

Suburb
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is a coastal suburb at the centre of the , , Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of had a population of 2,945 people.

Suburb
is a suburb of Townsville in the , , Australia. The suburb is based on and around the .

Townsville

Latitude
-19.2569° or 19° 15′ 25″ south
Longitude
146.824° or 146° 49′ 26″ east
Population
174,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
IATA airport code
TSV
United Nations Location Code
AU TSV
Open location code
5RG8PRVF+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31446304
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2146142
Wiki­data ID
Q190021
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Townsville” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Townsville”
  • Arabic: “تاونزفيل”
  • Arabic: “تاونسفيل”
  • Arabic: “طانسفيل”
  • Armenian: “Թաունսվիլ”
  • Asturian: “Townsville”
  • Azerbaijani: “Taunsvil”
  • Basque: “Townsville”
  • Belarusian: “Таўнсвіл”
  • Bengali: “টাউন্সভিলি”
  • Bulgarian: “Таунсвил”
  • Catalan: “Townsville”
  • Cebuano: “Townsville”
  • Central Kurdish: “تاونزڤیل”
  • Chinese: “汤斯维尔”
  • Chinese: “湯士威路”
  • Chinese: “湯斯維爾”
  • Czech: “Townsville”
  • Danish: “Townsville”
  • Dutch: “Townsville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تاونسفيل”
  • Esperanto: “Townsville”
  • Estonian: “Townsville”
  • Finnish: “Townsville”
  • French: “Townsville”
  • Georgian: “ტაუნზვილი”
  • Georgian: “ტაუნსვილი”
  • German: “Townsville”
  • Greek: “Τάουνσβιλ”
  • Gujarati: “ટાઉન્સવિલ”
  • Hebrew: “גורמבילברה”
  • Hebrew: “טאונסוויל, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “טאונסוויל, קווינסלנד”
  • Hebrew: “טאונסוויל”
  • Hindi: “टाउन्सविले”
  • Hungarian: “Townsville”
  • Indonesian: “Townsville”
  • Irish: “Townsville”
  • Italian: “Townsville”
  • Japanese: “タウンズヴィル”
  • Japanese: “タウンズビル”
  • Javanese: “Townsville”
  • Kannada: “ಟೌನ್ಸ್ವಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “타운스빌”
  • Korean: “타운즈빌”
  • Latin: “Taunsvilla”
  • Latvian: “Taunsvila”
  • Lithuanian: “Taunsvilis”
  • Lithuanian: “Townsville”
  • Malagasy: “Townsville”
  • Malay: “Townsville”
  • Maori: “Tāonewhīra”
  • Marathi: “टाउन्सव्हिल”
  • Nauru: “Townsville”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Townsville”
  • Norwegian: “Townsville”
  • Ossetian: “Таунсвилл”
  • Persian: “تانزویل”
  • Persian: “تاونزویل”
  • Polish: “Townsville”
  • Portuguese: “Townsville”
  • Romanian: “Townsville, Queensland”
  • Romanian: “Townsville”
  • Russian: “Таунсвилл”
  • Sanskrit: “टाउन्सविल”
  • Scots: “Townsville”
  • Serbian: “Таунсвил”
  • Silesian: “Townsville”
  • Sinhala: “ටවුන්ස්විල්”
  • Slovenian: “Townsville”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تاونزویل”
  • Spanish: “Townsville (Queensland)”
  • Spanish: “Townsville”
  • Swedish: “Townsville”
  • Tamil: “டௌன்ஸ்வில்லீ”
  • Tatar: “Таунсвил”
  • Telugu: “టౌన్స్ విల్లే”
  • Thai: “ทาวส์วิลล์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Taunsvil”
  • Turkish: “Townsville”
  • Ukrainian: “Таунсвілл”
  • Ukrainian: “Таунсвіль”
  • Urdu: “ٹاؤنسول”
  • Venetian: “Townsville”
  • Vietnamese: “Townsville, Queensland”
  • Vietnamese: “Townsville”
  • Volapük: “Townsville”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Townsville, Queensland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Townsville”
  • Welsh: “Townsville, Queensland”
  • Welsh: “Townsville”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹاؤنزویلی”
  • Wu Chinese: “汤斯维尔”
  • Yue Chinese: “Townsville”
  • Yue Chinese: “湯士威路”
  • Yue Chinese: “湯斯維爾”

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