Yakamia, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Yakamia
city = Albany
state = wa


imagesize= 180
caption =
lga = City of Albany
postcode = 6330
pop = 2,492 (2006 Census)
area =
stategov = Albany
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 2 | dir1 = NE
location1= Albany
near-nw = Milpara
near-n = Lange
near-ne = Collingwood Heights
near-w = Orana
near-e = Spencer Park
near-sw = Mount Melville
near-s = Centennial Park
near-se = Mira Marcoord|-35.004|117.878|type:city(2492)_region:AU-WA_scale:50000|format=dms|display=title

Yakamia is an inner suburb of Albany. The suburb was created in the 1970s, and was gazetted in 1979. [Gazette WA | title = Naming of Localities - Town of Albany | file = 3773/57 V4 | page = 1979:1501 | date = 8 June 1979] The name is believed to be a Noongar Aboriginal word meaning "sister to a small creek".

Geography

Yakamia is bounded by North Road to the south, Chester Pass Road to the west, Hudson and Bond Roads to the north and Ulster Road to the southeast. Yakamia Creek runs through the suburb.Streetsmart WA|maps=Maps A2]

Facilities

Yakamia is a residential suburb, and used to consist primarily of bushland, however, this has slowly disappeared with the bush making way for new housing developments. The suburb contains Yakamia Primary School, which opened in 1970 and now has around 620 students. There is also a small shopping centre on North Road. The City of Albany's council offices are located in Yakamia along North Road.

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