Woomera

Woomera is a small town in , situated 483 kilometres north of . It is a military owned town and testing site with a current population of about 300.
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  • Type: Town with 132 residents
  • Description: town in South Australia
  • Also known as: “Woomera Prohibited Area”, “Woomera Village”, “Woomera, South Australia”, “Woomera, South Australia, Australia”, “伍麥拉”, and “伍默拉”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pimba.

Town
is a small settlement lying on the… is situated 7 km south of Woomera.

Woomera

Latitude
-31.1999° or 31° 11′ 60″ south
Longitude
136.8254° or 136° 49′ 31″ east
Population
132
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
IATA airport code
UMR
UN/LOCODE
AU UMR
Open location code
4QWRRR2G+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2283680461
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2057826
Wiki­data ID
Q11068811
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Woomera” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ووميرا”
  • Asturian: “Woomera Village”
  • Basque: “Woomera (Hegoaldeko Australia)”
  • Basque: “Woomera”
  • Belarusian: “Вумэра”
  • Catalan: “Woomera”
  • Cebuano: “Woomera”
  • Chinese: “烏馬拿”
  • Dutch: “Woomera, South Australia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ووميرا”
  • French: “Woomera”
  • German: “Woomera”
  • Hebrew: “וומרה”
  • Italian: “Woomera”
  • Japanese: “ウーメラ (南オーストラリア州)”
  • Japanese: “ウーメラ”
  • Persian: “وومرا، استرالیای جنوبی”
  • Persian: “وومرا”
  • Polish: “Woomera (Australia Południowa)”
  • Polish: “Woomera”
  • Portuguese: “Woomera Test Range”
  • Portuguese: “Woomera”
  • Russian: “Вумера”
  • Spanish: “Woomera”
  • Swedish: “Woomera”
  • Ukrainian: “Вумера”
  • Urdu: “وومیرا، جنوبی آسٹریلیا”

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