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| Cooma New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
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 Cooma Court House | |||||||||||||||
  Cooma | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°14′06″S 149°07′33″E / 36.23500°S 149.12583°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 6,742 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1849 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2630 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 800 m (2,625 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Snowy Monaro Regional Council | ||||||||||||||
| County | Beresford | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Monaro | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||||
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Cooma is a town in the south of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 114 kilometres (71 mi) south of the national capital, Canberra, via the Monaro Highway. It is also on the Snowy Mountains Highway, connecting Bega with the Riverina.
At the 2016 census, Cooma had a population of 6,742.[1] Cooma is the main town of the Monaro region. It is 800 metres (2,620 ft) above sea level. The name could have derived from an Aboriginal word Coombah, meaning 'big lake' or 'open country'.[2]
Cooma is 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, a main tributary of the Murray–Darling basin. Cooma sources its water from the river.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cooma (SA2)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Cooma". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
