Launceston
Launceston is the second-largest city in Tasmania and provides a base to explore the northern part of the state. The city was settled in 1805 and has a population of 87,645, making it Australia's fifth-largest inland city. Launceston…Photo: Philip Rickerby, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
York Park
Stadium
York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia.
St Lukes Private Hospital
Hospital
St. Lukes Hospital is a private hospital located in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Princess Theatre
Theater building
The Princess Theatre is a historic theatre in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
Localities in the Area
Riverside
Town
Riverside is a rural and urban locality in the local government areas of Meander Valley and West Tamar in the Launceston region of Tasmania, Australia.
Newstead
Suburb
Newstead is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania.
West Launceston
Suburb
West Launceston is a residential locality in the local government area of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania.
Launceston
- Type: City with 80,900 residents
- Description: city in the north of Tasmania, Australia
- Categories: big city and locality
- Location: Eastern Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.4341° or 41° 26' 3" southLongitude
147.1374° or 147° 8' 15" eastPopulation
80,900Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)IATA airport code
LSTUnited Nations Location Code
AU LSTOpen Location Code
4RC9H48P+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 244646675OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2160517Wikidata ID
Q339527Launceston Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Launceston, Tasmania
- Arabic: لاونسستون
- Armenian: Լոնսեստոն
- Asturian: Launceston
- Azerbaijani: Lonseston
- Belarusian: Лонсестан
- Belarusian: Лонсэстан
- Bengali: লানচেন্টন
- Catalan: Launceston
- Cebuano: Launceston
- Central Kurdish: لانسێستن، تاسمانیا
- Chinese: 倫瑟斯頓
- Chinese: 朗塞斯頓
- Chinese: 朗塞斯顿
- Chinese: 朗瑟士敦
- Czech: Launceston
- Danish: Launceston
- Dimli (individual language): Launceston, Tazmanya
- Dutch: Launceston
- Egyptian Arabic: لاونسستون
- English: Launceston, Tas.
- English: Launceston, Tasmania
- English: Lonnie
- Esperanto: Launceston
- Finnish: Launceston
- French: Launceston
- Georgian: ლონსესტონი
- German: Launceston
- Greek: Λόνσεστον
- Gujarati: લૉન્સેસ્ટન
- Hausa: Launceston, Tasmania
- Hebrew: לונסטון
- Hindi: लॉन्सेस्टन
- Hungarian: Launceston
- Indonesian: Launceston
- Irish: Launceston
- Italian: Launceston
- Japanese: ロンセストン
- Japanese: ローンセストン
- Japanese: ローンセストン・タスマニア
- Kannada: ಲಾವ್ನ್ಸೆಸ್ಟನ್
- Korean: 론서스턴
- Korean: 론세스턴
- Latvian: Lonsestona
- Lithuanian: Lonsestonas
- Macedonian: Лонсестон
- Malay: Launceston
- Maori: Rahetone
- Marathi: लॉंन्सेस्टोन
- Northern Frisian: Launceston
- Norwegian: Launceston
- Norwegian Bokmål: Launceston
- Persian: لانسستون، تاسمانی
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Lonseston, Tas.
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Lonseston
- Polish: Launceston
- Portuguese: Launceston
- Romanian: Launceston
- Russian: Лонсестон
- Sanskrit: लॉनसेसटन
- Scottish Gaelic: Launceston
- Serbian: Launceston
- Serbian: Lonseston
- Serbian: Лонсестон
- Serbo-Croatian: Launceston
- Serbo-Croatian: Lonseston
- Sinhala: ලෞසෙස්ටන්
- Slovak: Launceston
- Slovenian: Launceston, Tasmanija
- South Azerbaijani: لانسستون، تاسمانی
- Spanish: Launceston
- Spanish: Launceston (Tasmania)
- Swedish: Launceston, Tasmanien
- Swedish: Launceston
- Tamil: லான்செசுடன், டாசுமேனியா
- Tamil: லான்செசுடன்
- Telugu: లౌన్సెస్టన్
- Thai: ลอนเชสตัน
- Tok Pisin: Lonseston
- Turkish: Launceston
- Ukrainian: Лонсестон
- Urdu: لانسسٹن، تسمانیا
- Venetian: Launceston
- Vietnamese: Launceston
- Volapük: Launceston (Laustralän)
- Volapük: Launceston
- Waray (Philippines): Launceston
- Welsh: Launceston, Tasmania
- Welsh: Launceston
- Western Panjabi: لاونسسٹن
- Launcestown
- Patersonia
- लाउंसेस्टन, तस्मानिया
Other Places Named Launceston
Localities in the Area
- Inveresk PrecinctNeighborhood
- InvermaySuburb
- East LauncestonSuburb
- ElphinNeighborhood
- TrevallynSuburb
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