Coorong District Council
District Council of Coorong | |
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Administrative headquarters: | Meningia |
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Area : | 8,831 km² |
Residents : | 5,380 (2016) |
Population density : | 0.6 inhabitants per km² |
Wards : | 3 |
Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′ S , 139 ° 20 ′ E The Coorong District Council is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of South Australia . The area is 8,831 km² and has about 5400 inhabitants (2016).
Coorong is located in the Murray Lands on Encounter Bay about 110 kilometers southeast of the metropolis of Adelaide . The area includes 48 districts and towns: Albert Hill, Ashville, Bedford, Buccleuch, Bunbury, Campbell Park, Carcuma, Colebatch, Cooke Plains, Coomandook, Coombe, Coonalpyn, Coorong, Culburra, Elwomple, Field, Grasslands, Jabuk, Jack's Point, Ki-Ki, Malinong, Marmon Jabuk, McGrath Flat, Meningie , Meningie West, Meningie East, Messent, Moorlands, Narrung, Naturi, Netherton, Ngarkat, Parnka Point, Peake, Policemans Point, Poltalloch, Raukkan, Rupari, Salt Creek, Sherlock , Stony Well, Tailem Bend , Tintinara, Waltowa, Wellington East, Woods Well, Yalkuri and Yumali. The administrative headquarters of the council is in Meningie on the shores of Lake Albert in the west of the LGA, where about 850 people live (2016).
administration
The Coorong Council has eight members elected by residents of the three wards (four from the Mallee Ward and two each from Lakes and Parks Ward). These three districts are defined independently of the localities. The mayor of the council is also recruited from among the councilors.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : The Coorong (DC) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Meningie (L) (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.