Koah
Koah is a rural locality in the Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. In the, Koah had a population of 676 people.
Geography
The Barron River enters the locality from the north-west and loosely follows the locality's northern boundary before exiting to the north-east. The Clohesy River rises in the south of the locality and flows north through the locality becoming a tributary of the Barron River in the north of the locality. The river was named after Thomas Clohesy, a police inspector who served in North Queensland for many years.The Tablelands railway line enters the locality from the north-east and passes through the north of the locality, before exiting to the north-west. There is no railway station at Koah and the only trains which use the track are the Sunlander tourist trains.
The Kennedy Highway enters the locality from the east and exits to the south-west.
Bare Hill lies in the south of the locality, rising above sea level.
Many parts of the locality are within protected areas. The Bilwon State Forest is in the west and north-west of the locality. In the south-west of the locality are the Dinden State Fores and the Dinden West Forest Reserve. The Bare Hill Conservation Park is in the south of the locality and the Dinden National Park is in the south-east of the locality.
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is a mixture of rural residential housing and crop growing along the Clohesy River and grazing on native vegetation away from the river.
Demographics
In the, Koah had a population of 602 people.In the, Koah had a population of 676 people.