Yarra City
| City of Yarra | |
 Location of Yarra City in Melbourne |
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| Administrative headquarters: | Richmond |
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| Area : | 20 km² |
| Residents : | 86,657 (2016) |
| Population density : | 4,333 inhabitants per km² |
| Wards : | 3 |
Coordinates: 37 ° 49 ′ S , 145 ° 0 ′ E Yarra City is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria . Yarra belongs to the metropolis Melbourne , the capital of Victoria. The area is 20 km² and has about 86,000 inhabitants.
Yarra shares its border with Melbourne City Center to the west and is bounded by the Yarra River to the east. It contains twelve boroughs: Abbotsford , Burnley, Clifton Hill, Collingwood , Cremorne, Fitzroy , Fitzroy North, Princes Hill, Richmond and parts of Alphington , Carlton North and Fairfield . The City Council is based in Richmond.
Yarra is one of the oldest districts of Melbourne and Collingwood was the third settlement in Victoria , after Melbourne and Geelong , to receive the status of Municipality and was already a City in 1876. Fitzroy, Melbourne's smallest district with just under 100 hectares, is one of the centers of contemporary art in Melbourne.
Around Victoria Street in Abbotsford is Little Saigon , Melbourne's Vietnamese quarter. Abbotsford is also the headquarters of the Foster's Group brewery company Carlton & United Beverages , which produces two of the most famous beer brands, Victoria Bitter and Foster's Lager . The company headquarters of the medical technology manufacturer Ansell is also located in Yarra.
Overall, Yarra has a lot of residential areas and a lot of industry, in addition to beverage production, malting plants, textile companies and mechanical engineering.
administration
The Yarra City Council has nine members who are elected by the residents of the three wards (three councilors per ward). These three districts (Nicholls, Langridge and Melba) are determined independently of the districts. The mayor of the council is also recruited from among the councilors.
Town twinning
Individual evidence
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Yarra City ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Accessed June 10, 2018.
- ^ Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of East Timor ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Official site (English)