Glenorchy City

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City of Glenorchy
LGA Tas SE Glenorchy.png
Location of Glenorchy City in Tasmania
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State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Administrative headquarters: Glenorchy
Dates and numbers
Area : 120  km²
Residents : 46,253 (2016)
Population density : 385 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′  S , 147 ° 17 ′  E The City of Glenorchy is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Tasmania . The area is 120 km² and has about 46,000 inhabitants (2016).

Glenorchy is located in the southeast of the island and is part of the capital Hobart . The area includes 18 hamlets and towns: Austins Ferry, Berriedale, Chigwell, Claremont, Collinsvale , Derwent Park, Dowsings Point, Glenlusk, Glenorchy , Goodwood, Granton, Lutana, Moonah, West Moonah, Montrose, Rosetta, Springdale and Windermere. The seat of the City Council is in the Glenorchy district in the east of the LGA, where around 11,000 people live (2016).

administration

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

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Glenorchy (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; 98 kB), Local Government Association of Tasmania
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Glenorchy (Tas.) (State Suburb) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.