Editing Port Augusta (section)

{{Other uses| Port Augusta (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type          = city
| name          = Port Augusta
| state         = sa
| image         = Jacaranda Time Port Augusta.jpg
| caption       = View across Spencer Gulf to Mount Brown
| coordinates   = {{coord|32|29|33|S|137|45|57|E|display=inline,title}}
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| postcode      = 5700<ref>[http://www1.auspost.com.au/postcodes/index.asp?Locality=port+augusta&sub=1&State=SA&Postcode=&submit1=Search Australia Post]{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – Postcode: Port Augusta, SA (26 June 2008)</ref>
| area          =
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| dist1         = 310
| location1     = Adelaide via [[File:Australian National Route A1.svg|20px]]
| dist2 = 470
| location2 = [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]] via [[File:Australian National Route A1.svg|20px]]
| dist3 = 540
| location3 = [[Coober Pedy]] via [[File:Australian National Route A87.svg|20px]]
| lga           = City of Port Augusta
| stategov      = [[Electoral district of Stuart|Stuart]]<ref name=Stuart>{{cite web|title=District of Stuart Background Profile|url= https://ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles/stuart|publisher=Electoral Commission SA|access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref><br>
[[Electoral district of Giles|Giles]]<ref name=Giles>{{cite web|title=District of Giles Background Profile|url= https://ecsa.sa.gov.au/electoral-districts/electoral-district-profiles/giles|publisher=Electoral Commission SA|access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
| fedgov        = [[Division of Grey|Grey]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)|url= https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/grey.htm|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>
| maxtemp = 26.3
| mintemp = 12.2
| rainfall = 214.1
|native_name=Goordnada| est      = 1852
}}

'''Port Augusta''' (''Goordnada'' in the revived indigenous [[Barngarla language]])<ref name=goordnada>{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Jodie |title=Kindy kids learning Barngarla Indigenous language, spread joy as they talk |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-26/barngarla-language-exchange-kindergarten-adelaide-port-lincoln/100242208 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=6 October 2021 |date=26 June 2021}}</ref> is a coastal [[city]] in [[South Australia]] about {{convert|310|km}} by road from the state capital, [[Adelaide]]. Most of the city is on the eastern shores of [[Spencer Gulf]], immediately south of the gulf's head,<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02011?OpenDocument Cat. No. 3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011] Australian Bureau of Statistics. Accessed 10 August 2012.</ref> comprising the city's centre and surrounding suburbs, [[Stirling North]], and seaside homes at [[Commissariat Point, South Australia|Commissariat Point]], [[Blanche Harbor, South Australia|Blanche Harbor]] and [[Miranda, South Australia|Miranda]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.portaugusta.sa.gov.au/ |title=Journey through time |publisher=Port Augusta City Council |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> The suburb of [[Port Augusta West, South Australia|Port Augusta West]] is on the western side of the gulf on the [[Eyre Peninsula]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA) | author2=South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage | title=South Australia's waters an atlas & guide | date=2005 | publisher=Boating Industry Association of South Australia |page=209|isbn=978-1-86254-680-6}}</ref> Together, these localities had a population of 13,515 people in the  {{CensusAU|2021}}.

Formerly a [[port|seaport]], the city supports regional agriculture and services many mines in the South Australian interior to its north. A significant industry was electricity generation until 2019, when its coal-burning power stations were shut down. A [[Bungala Solar Power Farm|solar farm]] opened in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Parkinson |first1=Giles |title=South Australia's biggest solar farm finally moves to full production |url=https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australias-biggest-solar-farm-finally-moves-to-full-production-78096/ |website=RenewEconomy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911195209/https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australias-biggest-solar-farm-finally-moves-to-full-production-78096/ |archive-date=11 September 2020|access-date=7 July 2023 |language=en-AU |date=11 September 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>