Umagico, Queensland

Umagico
Queensland
View across the sea at Umagico, 2007
Umagico is located in Queensland
Umagico
Umagico
Coordinates10°53′33″S 142°21′04″E / 10.8926°S 142.3511°E / -10.8926; 142.3511 (Umagico (town centre))
Population394 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density7.680/km2 (19.89/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4876
Area51.3 km2 (19.8 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Northern Peninsula Area Region
State electorate(s)Cook
Federal division(s)Leichhardt
Localities around Umagico:
Torres Strait Seisia New Mapoon
Injinoo Umagico Bamaga
Injinoo Jardin River Somerset

Umagico is a town and coastal locality in the Northern Peninsula Area Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Umagico had a population of 394 people.[1]

Umagico is one of the five communities which collectively form the Northern Peninsula Area. The landmass of the Northern Peninsula Area consists of 1,030 square kilometres (400 sq mi) in the northernmost region of Cape York Peninsula. Apart from Umagico, the other communities in the Northern Peninsula Area are Injinoo, New Mapoon, Seisia and Bamaga.[4] There is an undeveloped town Aloa (10°53′05″S 142°21′04″E / 10.8848°S 142.3511°E / -10.8848; 142.3511 (Aloa, Queensland)) located on the coast.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Umagico – town in Northern Peninsula Area Region (entry 35759)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Umagico – locality in Northern Peninsula Area Region (entry 46109)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Umagico". Queensland State Government. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Archived 2017-10-16 at the Wayback Machine license.
  5. ^ "Aloa – town in Northern Peninsula Area Region (entry 457)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.