See soorce fer Cairns

{{Infobox Australian place
| type = city
| name = Cairns
| state = qld
| image =Cairns-copperlode.JPG
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = View o Cairns frae Lake Morris wi the Yarrabah peninsulae in the backgrund
| pop = 150,920
| pop_footnotes = (2010)<ref name="population"/>
| poprank = 14th
| density = 250.9
| density_footnotes =<ref name="abs.gov.au">{{Census 2006 AUS|id=3061|name=Cairns (QLD) (Statistical District)|accessdate=30 September 2009|quick=on}}</ref>
| est = 1876
| coordinates = {{Coord|16|55|32|S|145|46|31|E|type:city(4000)_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| elevation =
| elevation_footnotes=
| area = 488.1
| area_footnotes =<ref name=regionstats>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/35005Population/People12000-2004?opendocument|title=National Regional Profile : Cairns City Part A (Statistical Subdivision)|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=20 November 2006|accessdate=26 November 2007|archive-date=2007-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001124645/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs%40.nsf/Latestproducts/35005Population/People12000-2004?opendocument|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| timezone = [[Australie Eastren Staundart Time|AEST]]
| utc = +10
| dist1 = 1707
| dir1 = NW
| location1 = Brisbane
| dist2 = 2420
| dir2 = NNW
| location2 = Sydney
| lga = [[Cairns Region]]
| region =
| county = [[Coonty o Nares, Queensland|Nares]]
| stategov = [[Electoral destrict o Cairns|Cairns]], [[Electoral destrict o Barron River|Barron River]], [[Electoral destrict o Mulgrave (Queensland)|Mulgrave]]
| fedgov = [[Diveesion o Leichhardt|Leichhardt]]
| url =
| maxtemp = 29.0
| mintemp = 20.8
| rainfall = 2020.4
}}

'''Cairns''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|k|ɛər|n|z}},<!--please do not remove the /r/. this is generic English--> locally {{IPA|[[Australian English phonology|[ˈkeːnz]]]}}<!--please to not insert an [r]. Australian is non-rhotic.-->)<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3</ref> is a [[wikt:regional#English|regional]] ceety in [[Far North Queensland]], Australie, foondit 1876. The ceety wis namit efter [[William Cairns]], then-current [[Govrenor o Queensland]]. It wis formit tae serve miners heidin for the Hodgkinson River gowdfield, but experiencit a decline when an easier route wis discovered frae [[Port Douglas, Queensland|Port Douglas]]. It later developit intae a railheid an major port for exportin succar cane, gowd an ither metals, minerals an agricultural products frae surroondin coastal auries an the [[Atherton Tableland]] region. As o 2010, the population is approximately 150,920.<ref name="population">{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2009–10|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02009-10|work=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=13 April 2011|date=31 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2010/07/01/116045_local-news.html|title=Cairns' five-year growth soars|last=Jenkin|first=Carenda|date=1 July 2010|work=[[The Cairns Post]]|accessdate=11 February 2011}}</ref>

== Sister ceeties ==
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/region/sister-cities |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-04-24 |archive-date=2015-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220070333/http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/region/sister-cities |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Papua New Guinea}} [[Lae]], Papua New Guinea ([[Morobe Province]]) syne 1984
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Minami, Tokushima|Minami]], Japan ([[Tokushima Prefectur]]) syne 1969
*{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Oyama, Tochigi|Oyama]], Japan ([[Tochigi Prefectur]]) syne 15 Juin 2006
*{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Riga]], Latvie syne 1990
*{{flagicon|United States}} [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] (USA) syne 1987
*{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Sidney, British Columbia]] (Canadae) syne 1984
*{{flagicon|China}} [[Zhanjiang]], Fowkrepublic o Cheenae ([[Guangdong]]) syne 2005

== References ==
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== Freemit airtins ==
{{Commonscat|Cairns, Queensland}}
*[http://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/ Cairns City Council Website]
* [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/cairns University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Cairns]
*{{wikivoyage|Cairns}}

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