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Kaleen

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Unincorporated ACT, 177 Rokeby Rd, Kaleen, ACT 2617

Description

Kaleen ( or ) is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Kaleen ( or ) is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb's name means ‘water’ in the language of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal tribe of the central west region of New South Wales. Kaleen was gazetted as a suburb on 15 January 1974.The streets are named after Australian rivers.The suburb is next to Lyneham, Giralang, Lawson and Bruce. It is bordered by Baldwin Drive and Ginninderra Drive. It has several ovals; Kaleen North oval, Kaleen Enclosed oval, Kaleen District Playing Fields and Kaleen South oval, which play host to a number of sports, including soccer, cricket, and rugby. Unusually for a suburb, there are two small shopping centres in Kaleen, both bordering the main street of Maribyrnong Avenue. There is also a larger shopping centre near Kaleen's border with Giralang on Georgina Crescent.

The 2XX transmitting station is also located in Kaleen, near the Barton Highway. On the east side of the suburb is the Lyneham Ridge eucalypt plantation and a horse holding paddock. Kaleen, like most of Canberra, is located on a network of well-maintained bicycle paths. The main track in Kaleen passes under Ginninderra Drive, and runs through the middle of the suburb in a generally north–south direction, exiting the other side to the neighbouring suburb of Giralang.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 6.027 km2

Elevation: 501 to 1000 metres

Town elevation: 599 m

Population number: 7,271

Local Government Area: Unincorporated ACT

Location

Unincorporated ACT, 177 Rokeby Rd, Kaleen, ACT 2617

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Kaleen, Australian Capital Territory