🇦🇺 The City of Lake Macquarie is a local government area in Greater Newcastle and part of the Hunter Region in New South Wales, Australia. It was proclaimed a city in 1984. The area is situated adjacent to the city of Newcastle and is part of the Greater Newcastle Area. The city is approximately 150 km north of Sydney. One of its major tourist attractions is its lake, also named Lake Macquarie.
Economics Lake Macquarie has a significant coal mining industry and smaller agriculture and manufacturing industries. Eraring power station, a 1980s-era coal-fired power station, supplies 25% of New South Wales' power. Lake Macquarie has a number of Constructed Wetlands with the council placing an emphasis on the environment.
Lake Macquarie has a population of over 197,400 people. Lake Macquarie also forms part of the Greater Newcastle metropolitan area which has a population of over 491,474 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities The City of Lake Macquarie has links with:
🇯🇵 Hakodate, Japan 🇳🇿 Rotorua, New Zealand 🇺🇸 Round Rock, USA 🇯🇵 Tanagura, Japan🇨🇱 Valparaíso -33.046
🇨🇱 Villa Alemana -33.044
🇦🇷 Luján de Cuyo -33.034
🇨🇱 Viña del Mar -33.017
🇦🇷 Gualeguaychú -33.017
🇿🇦 East London -32.991
🇿🇦 Buffalo City -32.983
🇦🇺 Charlestown -32.965
🇦🇷 Río Cuarto -33.133
🇦🇷 San Nicolás de los Arroyos -33.333
🇨🇱 Lo Barnechea -33.35
🇦🇺 Charlestown 151.685
🇦🇺 Fraser Coast 152.831
🇦🇺 Hervey Bay 152.855
🇦🇺 Port Macquarie 152.908
Locations Near: Lake Macquarie 151.592,-33.0734
🇦🇺 Charlestown 151.685,-32.965 d: 14.8
🇦🇺 Newcastle 151.75,-32.917 d: 22.8
🇦🇺 Wyong 151.418,-33.282 d: 28.3
🇦🇺 Maitland 151.554,-32.734 d: 37.9
🇦🇺 Central Coast 151.343,-33.419 d: 44.9
🇦🇺 Gosford 151.342,-33.424 d: 45.4
🇦🇺 Gordon 151.149,-33.757 d: 86.4
🇦🇺 Mosman 151.244,-33.829 d: 90
Antipodal to: Lake Macquarie -28.408,33.073
🇵🇹 Ponta Delgada -25.673,37.736 d: 19440.4
🇵🇹 Angra do Heroísmo -27.217,38.65 d: 19385.8
🇵🇹 Madeira -17,32.75 d: 18950.1
🇵🇹 Funchal -16.905,32.648 d: 18940.2
🇮🇨 Arona -16.667,28.1 d: 18763.6
🇮🇨 San Cristóbal de La Laguna -16.314,28.478 d: 18752.8
🇮🇨 Santa Cruz de Tenerife -16.25,28.467 d: 18746.7
🇮🇨 San Bartolomé de Tirajana -15.573,27.926 d: 18660
🇮🇨 Santa Lucía de Tirajana -15.533,27.917 d: 18656.1
🇮🇨 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria -15.44,28.13 d: 18659