Kangaroo Island Council
| District Council of Kangaroo Island | |
 Location of the Kangaroo Island Council in South Australia |
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 Australia
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 South Australia
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| Administrative headquarters: | Kingscote |
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| Area : | 4,400 km² |
| Residents : | 4,702 (2016) |
| Population density : | 1.1 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates: 35 ° 39 ′ S , 137 ° 38 ′ E The District Council of Kangaroo Island is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of South Australia . The area is 4,400 km² and has about 4700 inhabitants (2016).
Kangaroo Island is an island off the South Australian coast off the Gulf of Saint Vincent and is about 110 kilometers from the metropolis of Adelaide . There are 19 districts and villages on the island: American Beach, American River, Antechamber Bay, Brownlow, Cygnet River, Emu Bay, Flinders Chase, Harriet, Island Beach, Karatta, Kingscote , MacGillivray, Nepean Bay, Parndana, Penneshaw, Sapphiretown, Stokes Bay, Vivonne Bay and Wisanger. The administrative headquarters of the council is located in Kingscote on the northeast coast of the island, where about 1,800 inhabitants live (2016).
administration
The Kangaroo Island Council has ten members, the nine councilors and the chairman and mayor of the council are elected by the residents of the LGA. Kangaroo Island is not divided into districts.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kangaroo Island (DC) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kingscote (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.