Penong
- Local Government Area
- Unincorporated SA
- Postcode
- 5690
- Population
- 280
- Area
- 2,089.40 km²
- Coordinates
- -31.9028, 132.9114
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Penong
Penong (/pəˈnɒŋ/ p(ə)-NONG) is a town and locality on the Nullarbor Plain, in the far west of the Australian state of South Australia located about 616 kilometres (383 mi) north-west of the state capital of Adelaide. It is a popular rest-stop for travellers crossing on the Eyre Highway between Ceduna and Western Australia, 400 km (250 mi) away. The 2016 Australian census recorded that the localities of Penong and the small farming community of Bookabie (including the Scotdesco Aboriginal community), 35 km (22 mi) to Penong's west, had a population of 289 people.
Description from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nearby localities
- Watraba 32 km
- Yellabinna 32 km
- White Well Corner 36 km
- Uworra 43 km
- Charra 45 km
- Koonibba 51 km