Yangan, Queensland

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Yangan
Town
Yangan Yangan in Australia Map
Coordinates: [//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Yangan%2C_Queensland&params=-28.1976_N_152.208_E_type:city_region: 28°11′51″S 152°12′29″E / 28.1976°S 152.208°E / -28.1976; 152.208]Coordinates: [//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Yangan%2C_Queensland&params=-28.1976_N_152.208_E_type:city_region: 28°11′51″S 152°12′29″E / 28.1976°S 152.208°E / -28.1976; 152.208]
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
Population
• Total	394 (As of 2,011)

Yangan is a small rural town in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.^[1] At the 2011 Australian Census the town recorded a population of 394.^[2]

History

The name Yangan is reported to be an Aboriginal word meaning proceed or go away.^[1]

Yangan has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yangan". Place name details. Queensland Government. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Yangan (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
↑ "Yangan School of Arts (entry 15302)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
↑ "Yangan Masonic Hall (entry 15301)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-13.

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v t e Darling Downs, Queensland

Cities:	Toowoomba Warwick

Townships:	Acland Allora Amiens Applethorpe Ballandean Bell Brigalow Bungunya Cambooya Cecil Plains Chinchilla Clifton Condamine Cooyar Crows Nest Dalby Dalveen Daymar Drillham Dulacca Goombungee Goondiwindi Gowrie Junction Greenmount Haden Hampton Highfields Inglewood Jandowae Jimbour Karara Kaimkillenbun Killarney Kingsthorpe Kogan Kulpi Leyburn Macalister Maclagan Maryvale Meandarra Meringandan Messines Miles Millmerran Moonie Nobby Oakey Passchendaele Peranga Pittsworth Pozieres Quinalow Stanthorpe Southbrook Talwood Texas Tara The Gums Thulimbah Toobeah Wallangarra Wandoan Warra Weengallon Wyberba Wyreema Yangan Yarraman Yelarbon

Local Government Areas:	Goondiwindi Region Southern Downs Region Toowoomba Region Western Downs Region

National Parks:	Bendidee Bunya Mountains Crows Nest Erringibba Girraween Main Range Mount Binga Southwood Sundown The Palms Wondul Range

Places of Interest:	Jimbour Canning Downs

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