Karratha, Western Australia
Karratha is a center in the resource-rich north-west of Western Australia.
Geography
Karratha is the center of the western part of the Pilbara Region and the administrative seat and largest town by far the LGA Shire of Roebourne. The location corresponding to the same ward ( electoral district ) of the Shire of Roebourne, one of four wards. It is bordered on the northwest by the Dampier Ward. He has in common with the Roebourne / Pastoral Ward The rest of the country borders. The northern boundary is the coast of the Nickol Bay, a bay of the Indian Ocean.
Karratha is located 1575 km north of Perth, 690 km south of Broome and 240 km south-west of Port Hedland. The place can be reached via the North West Coastal Highway or via aircraft.
After the surface Karratha is the smallest ward of the Shire of Roebourne, with less than 200 km ² ( the Shire of Roebourne total: 15,234 km ²), however, unites more than 70 percent of the population to be ( 11,490 of a total of 16,410 in 2006, or 16,490 of a total of 22,992 in January 2014).
Districts and suburbs
Karratha 10 different townships ( districts or suburbs):
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Economy
Karratha is an Australian Centre for the extraction of raw materials. One of the largest world commodity companies Rio Tinto Group builds there with his daughter Pilbara Iron iron from. In the Karratha gas pipeline Woodside Petroleum Limited for liquefied natural gas, which produces natural gas from the area of the North West Shelf to Western Australia and the sea salt production by the company Dampier Salt is of importance begins.
Karratha grew in the 1960s because of the expanding iron production evolved into a large settlement. Karratha has the largest shopping center and numerous shops in the region of Pilbara and thus also attracts customers from the nearby superior places like Dampier, Wickham and Roebourne.
After the town of Port Hedland Karratha is the second largest city in the northwest of the Australian state of Western Australia.
Tourist information
The place leads Hotels, Motels, Bed & Breakfast and caravan sites, which are often overcrowded. There are restaurants, taverns and night clubs.
In Karratha, the Nickol Bay Hospital is.
The Karratha Airport can be reached from Perth and has the second highest number of takeoffs and landings in Western Australia. The airport is served by three airlines: Qantas Airways, Skywest and Virgin Australia. Qantas flies twice a week with a Boeing 737-800 from Brisbane and Karratha.