Yowah
Yowah is an outback town and locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Yowah had a population of 126 people.
| Yowah Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Yowah landscape, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Yowah | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27.9681°S 144.6361°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 126 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4490 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,909.5 km2 (1,123.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Paroo | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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The town is known for its opal mining and numerous opal fields that lie around the town as well as the "Yowah nut" a local type of opal distinctive to the region.
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