Kingborough Municipality

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Municipality of Kingborough
LGA Tas SE Kingborough.png
Location of Kingborough Municipality in Tasmania
structure
State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Administrative headquarters: Kingston
Dates and numbers
Area : 717  km²
Residents : 35,853 (2016)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′  S , 147 ° 19 ′  E The Kingborough Municipality is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Tasmania . The area is 717 km² and has about 36,000 inhabitants (2016).

Kingborough is located in the southeast of the island and belongs to the north part of the area of ​​the capital Hobart . The area comprises 35 hamlets and villages: Adventure Bay, Aliens Rivulet, Alonnah, Baretta, Barnes Bay, Blackmans Bay, Browns River, North Bruny, South Bruny, Coningham, Dennes Point, Electrona, Flowerpot, Gordon, Great Bay, Howden, Kaoota , Kettering , Killora, Kingston, Kingston Beach, Leslie Vale, Longley, Lunawanna, Margate, Middleton, Neika, Oyster Cove, Sandfly, Sharps Corner, Simpsons Bay, Snug, Lower Snug, Tinderbox and Woodbridge. The seat of the council is in the town of Kingston in the north of the LGA, where about 10,000 inhabitants live (2016).

administration

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

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kingborough (M) (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; 101 kB), Local Government Association of Tasmania
  3. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Kingston (Tas.) (State Suburb) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.