Bowen, Queensland

Bowen
Queensland
Top: Playground at Bowen Foreshore, Middle left: Bowen Foreshore, Middle right: Walkway along Santa Barbara parade, Bottom left: Muller's Lagoon, Bottom right: Bowen Skatebowl
Bowen is located in Queensland
Bowen
Bowen
Coordinates20°00′37″S 148°14′30″E / 20.0102°S 148.2416°E / -20.0102; 148.2416 (Bowen (town centre))
Population11,205 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density6.7835/km2 (17.5692/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4805
Area1,651.8 km2 (637.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Whitsunday Region
State electorate(s)Burdekin
Federal division(s)Dawson
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
28.5 °C
83 °F
19.8 °C
68 °F
1,009.6 mm
39.7 in
Localities around Bowen:
Guthalungra Coral Sea Coral Sea
Bogie Bowen Gregory River
Bogie Lake Proserpine Mount Pluto

Bowen is a coastal town and locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Bowen had a population of 11,205 people.[1]

The locality contains two other towns:

The Abbot Point coal shipping port is also within the locality (19°52′54″S 148°04′46″E / 19.8816°S 148.0795°E / -19.8816; 148.0795 (Abbot Point)).[6][7]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Bowen – town in Whitsunday Region (entry 4104)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Bowen – locality in Whitsunday Region (entry 49069)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Heronvale – town in Whitsunday Region (entry 15796)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Merinda – town in the Whitsunday Region (entry 21625)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Abbot Point – headland in the Whitsunday Region (entry 14)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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