Howrah is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of

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in the

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LGA region of

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. The locality is about south-east of the town of Rosny Park. The 2016 census recorded a population of 8690 for the state suburb of Howrah. It is a suburb of the City of Clarence. It is east of Bellerive and north of Tranmere. Howrah is a beachside suburb, with views across the Derwent River to Hobart City. Clarence Street runs through the centre of the suburb separating the hillside section from the beachside. Howrah has a number of parks including

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, which is one of the key sport (such as

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and touch football) and recreation areas on the Eastern Shore. Clarence High School is generally thought to be in Howrah, due to it being located east of Wentworth Street, however it is in Bellerive. Howrah has a primary school. Shoreline Shopping Centre is the largest shopping centre in Howrah.

History

Howrah was gazetted as a locality in 1963. Howrah was named after Howrah House, a property established in the 1830s on Clarence Plains by a retired Indian Army officer who took the name from a place of the same name near

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Geography

The waters of the River Derwent form the south-western boundary.

Road infrastructure

Route B33 (

South Arm Highway The South Arm Highway (part of the B33 road route) is a highway serving the southern suburbs of Hobart, on the eastern shore of the River Derwent in Tasmania, Australia. The highway is a major trunk road that carries heavy commuter traffic ...

) runs through from north-west to east.

References

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