Burnie City

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City of Burnie
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Location of Burnie City in Tasmania
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State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Administrative headquarters: Burnie
Dates and numbers
Area : 618  km²
Residents : 18,895 (2016)
Population density : 31 inhabitants per km²
Website: www.burnie.net

Coordinates: 41 ° 4 ′  S , 145 ° 53 ′  E The City of Burnie is a Local Government Area (LGA) in the Australian state of Tasmania . The area is 618 km² and has about 19,000 inhabitants (2016).

Burnie is located in the northwest of the island about 240 kilometers northwest of the capital Hobart . The area comprises 32 hamlets and towns: Acton, Brooklyn, Burnie , South Burnie, Upper Burnie, Canidale, Chasm Creek, Cooee, Downlands, Emu Heights, Hampshire, Havenview, Highclere, Hillgrove, Montello, Mooreville, West Mooreville, Natone, Upper Natone, Ocean Vista, Park Grove, Parkland, East Ridgley, West Ridgley, Romaine, Romaine Park, Round Hill, Shorewell Park, Stowport, Upper Stowport, Tewkesbury and Wivenhoe. The seat of the City Council is in the Burnie district on the coast in the northeast of the LGA, where around 600 people live (2016).

administration

Burnie City Council has nine members. The mayor (mayor), his deputy (deputy) and seven Aldermen are directly elected by the residents of the LGA. Burnie is not divided into districts.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Burnie (C) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ Localities by Council ( Memento of October 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 101 kB), Local Government Association of Tasmania
  3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Burnie (State Suburb) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.