Mackay

Summary

Mackay is a city^[1]. Mackay ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,059 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mackay is located in Mackay Region^[3].
• Mackay is located in Queensland^[4].
• Mackay is in the country of Australia^[5].
• Mackay is on the body of water Coral Sea^[6].
• Mackay is on the body of water Pioneer River^[7].
• Mackay's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Mackay's postal code is recorded as 4740^[9].
• Mackay's Commons category is recorded as Mackay, Queensland^[10].
• Mackay's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+10:00^[11].
• 1875 marks the founding of Mackay^[12].
• Mackay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -21.141111111111, 'lon': 149.18611111111}^[13].
• Mackay's official website is recorded as http://www.mackay.qld.gov.au^[14].
• Mackay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mackay, Queensland^[15].
• Mackay has a population of {'amount': '+72900'}^[16].
• Mackay has a population of {'amount': '+80455'}^[17].
• Mackay's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1860^[18].
• Mackay's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• Mackay's capital of is recorded as Mackay Region^[20].
• Mackay's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mackay'}^[21].
• Mackay's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Mackay, Queensland^[22].
• Mackay's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mackay'}^[23].
• Mackay's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Mackay, Queensland^[24].
• Mackay's different from is recorded as MacKay^[25].
• Mackay's different from is recorded as Mackay^[26].
• Mackay sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+11'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Mackay is in the country of Australia^[5]. Located in include Mackay Region^[3], a local government area of Queensland^[28], in Australia^[29] and Queensland^[4], a state of Australia^[30], in Australia^[31], founded in 1859^[32]. Adjacent water bodies include Coral Sea^[6], a marginal sea^[33], in Australia^[34] and Pioneer River^[7], a river^[35], in Australia^[36].

Physical Characteristics

Mackay sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+11'}^[27]. Population counts include {'amount': '+72900'}^[16] and {'amount': '+80455'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Mackay's instance of is recorded as city^[8].

History and Context

1875 marks the founding of Mackay^[12].

Why It Matters

Mackay ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,059 views/month).^[2] Mackay has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Mackay is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]