Maranoa, Queensland

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = region

| name = Maranoa

| state = qld

| image = Qld-regions-map.gif

| caption =

| pop = 25000

| pop_year = 2006

| pop_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/regional-planning/maranoa-and-district.html |title=Regional Planning: Maranoa and Districts |accessdate=2008-08-13 |publisher=Queensland Government |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720061201/http://www.dip.qld.gov.au/regional-planning/maranoa-and-district.html |archivedate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }}

| area = 108000

| est =

| logo =

| url =

| stategov = Warrego

| fedgov = Maranoa

| lga = Western Downs Region

| lga2 = Maranoa Region

| lga3 = Shire of Balonne

| lga4 = Shire of Booringa

}}

The Maranoa is the name given to an area of southern Queensland, Australia, about 500 kilometres (kms) west of Brisbane.{{cite web |url=https://www.maranoa.qld.gov.au/council |title=About the region |publisher=Maranoa Regional Council |access-date=12 October 2022 }} Some refer to the Maranoa as the Western Downs. The Maranoa is an eastern part of the larger, mostly arid South West region of Queensland. To the east is the agricultural region of the Darling Downs and in the west is the dry Channel Country.

Image:Mitchell Maranoa River DSC03261.JPG]]

The Balonne River and Maranoa River are the two main catchments in the Maranoa. The Warrego Highway, Carnarvon Highway and Balonne Highway are the major road routes across the region. The main towns are Roma, Condamine, St George and Goondiwindi.{{cite web |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0027/67914/maranoa-climate-change-impact-summary.pdf |title=Climate Change in the Maranoa and District region |publisher=Government of Queensland |access-date=12 October 2022 }}

Agriculture is the dominant industry of the Maranoa. The traditional agriculture is sheep and cattle grazing suitable for the rangeland landscape and sub-tropical climate of the region. A rural, country lifestyle predominates based around farming and livestock. The region is the location of Australia's first oil and natural gas discoveries.{{cite journal |last1=Alexandra |first1=Bec |last2=Moyle |first2=Brent D |last3=McLennan |first3=Char-lee J. |date=2015 |title=Drilling into community perceptions of coal seam gas in Roma, Australia |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214790X15300162 |journal=The Extractive Industries and Society |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=4 |doi=10.1016/j.exis.2015.12.007 |hdl=10072/101892 |access-date=12 October 2022|hdl-access=free }} The expansion of coal seam gas mining has seen rapid infrastructure development and population growth in the region.