Central West (New South Wales)
- Central West (New South Wales)
The Central West region refers to the area west of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. It has a population of 172,790 people, and is the largest region in New South Wales with an area of 63,262 square kilometers [ [http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/regions.asp?cid=208 Central West Region - the agricultural heart of New South Wales] website of New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development, accessed November 12, 2006] . ]It includes Lithgow, Bathurst, Orange, Molong, Mudgee, Cowra, Parkes, Forbes, Grenfell, West Wyalong and Condobolin and arguably Wellington, Dubbo, Coonabarabran, Gilgandra and Nyngan. The east is higher, wetter and hillier and supports orchards, vegetable-growing and pastoralism. The west is flatter and drier and supports grain crops and pastoralism.
The Central West region is traversed by the Great Western Highway, the Mid-Western Highway, the Mitchell Highway, the Newell Highway and the Castlereagh Highway.
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