Karratha
The Local Government Area (LGA) of the City of Karratha is located on the Indian Ocean at the western end of the Pilbarra region of Western Australia. In 2013 it had a population of 26 thousand.1 Dampier, part of the LGA, is an important ore port.2 The city has grown with the ore and offshore oil industries.
External references
Port of Dampier, part of the Karratha LGA, Western Australia, Australia
Footnotes
1. Side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Karratha, accessed January 30, 2017, citing http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&32180ds0003_2003-13.xls&3218.0&Data%20Cubes&811CDB2C6F0319E3CA257CAE000ECBD6&0&2012-13&03.04.2014&Latest.
2. The Times Atlas of the Oceans (Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983), "commodity loading ports" map.
