Cooma-Monaro Shire

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Shire of Cooma-Monaro
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Location of the Cooma-Monaro Shire in New South Wales
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State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
Administrative headquarters: Cooma
Dates and numbers
Area : 5,229  km²
Residents : 9,772 (2011)
Population density : 1.9 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 36 ° 14 '  S , 149 ° 7'  O Cooma-Monaro Shire was a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales . The area was 5,229 km² and last had about 9,800 inhabitants. In 2016, the newly created Snowy Monaro Regional Council took off.

Cooma-Monaro was located in the southeast of the state and encloses the southern half of the Australian Capital Territory around the capital Canberra . The distance to the metropolis Sydney was about 400 km. The area comprised 67 hamlets and hamlets, including Bredbo, Countegany, Jerangle, Nimmitable, Numeralla, Peak View, Rock Flat, Shannons Flat, Yaouk and parts of Cooma and Michelago. The headquarters of the Shire Council was in Cooma, which now has about 6,400 residents.

administration

The Cooma-Monaro Shire Council had nine members who were elected by LGA residents. Cooma-Monaro was not divided into districts. The mayor of the council was also recruited from among the councilors.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Cooma-Monaro (A) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2011 Census QuickStats . March 28, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics : Cooma ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2020.