Parkes region

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The Parkes region is an area of central New South Wales, Australia, known for its rural communities, agricultural production, and the iconic Parkes radio telescope.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Parkes region canonical 2
Parkes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region ⓘ
associatedWith grain production ⓘ
radio astronomy in Australia ⓘ
sheep and cattle grazing ⓘ
climate semi-arid influences ⓘ
temperate climate ⓘ
contains Parkes Shire ⓘ
rural localities around Parkes ⓘ
town of Parkes ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
economicSector agriculture ⓘ
regional services ⓘ
governingJurisdiction New South Wales Government ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCentre Parkes, New South Wales ⓘ
hasFeature farming communities ⓘ
rural landscape ⓘ
hasInfrastructure Parkes radio telescope ⓘ
hasLandUse agricultural land ⓘ
cropping land ⓘ
grazing land ⓘ
hasTransportRole regional transport hub ⓘ
knownFor Parkes radio telescope ⓘ
agricultural production ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
central New South Wales ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Australia ⓘ
partOf Central West, New South Wales ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity broadacre cropping ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
mixed farming ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
timeZone Australian Eastern Daylight Time ⓘ
Australian Eastern Standard Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Broken Hill region of New South Wales → federalElectorate → Parkes ⓘ
linked to: Parkes region
Parkes Shire Council → jurisdiction → Parkes region ⓘ