Moonta

Moonta South Australia
Moonta Town Hall
Moonta
Coordinates	34°04′00.3″S 137°35′20″E / 34.066750°S 137.58889°E / -34.066750; 137.58889Coordinates: 34°04′00.3″S 137°35′20″E / 34.066750°S 137.58889°E / -34.066750; 137.58889
Population	681 (shared with other localities in the ‘State Suburb of Moonta’) (2011 census)
Established	1863
Postcode(s)	5558
Elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Location	165 km (103 mi) NNW of Adelaide 17 km (11 mi) SW of Kadina 17 km (11 mi) S of Wallaroo
LGA(s)	Copper Coast
State electorate(s)	Goyder
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 23.8 °C 75 °F 9.8 °C 50 °F 330.1 mm 13 in
Localities around Moonta: Moonta Bay North Moonta Cross Roads Moonta Bay Port Hughes Moonta Yelta Port Hughes Kooroona Moonta Mines
Footnotes	Climate

Moonta is a town on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia, 165 km (103 mi) north-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. It is one of three towns known as the Copper Coast or "Little Cornwall" for their shared copper mining history.

The centre is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south west of Kadina, site of Wallaroo Mines, and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of the port of Wallaroo. The name "Moonta" is reportedly derived from munta-muntara or moontera, an Aboriginal word for "thick scrub place" or "impenetrable scrub".

At the 2011 census, the Moonta township and the adjacent suburbs of Cross Roads and Yelta had a combined population of 681. The broader Moonta urban centre, also including Moonta Bay, North Moonta and Port Hughes, had a population of 3,659.

There are 11 suburbs surrounding central Moonta, each being a distinct historic locality or hamlet. These are: Cross Roads, East Moonta, Hamley, Kooroona, Moonta Bay, Moonta Mines, North Moonta, North Yelta, Paramatta, Port Hughes and Yelta.