City of Sydney
| City of Sydney | |
 Location of Sydney City in Sydney |
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 Australia
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 New South Wales
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| Administrative headquarters: | Sydney |
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| Area : | 26.7 km² |
| Residents : | 208,374 (2016) |
| Population density : | 7804 inhabitants per km² |
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Coordinates: 33 ° 52 ′ S , 151 ° 12 ′ E The City of Sydney is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of New South Wales .
geography
The City of Sydney forms the center of the metropolis Sydney , the capital of New South Wales. The area is 26.7 square kilometers and has about 208,000 inhabitants. The population density is 7,804 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The City of Sydney is located in the south of the port about 7 kilometers from the coast and forms the city center of the metropolis Sydney. 48 districts are wholly or partially in the territory of the LGA: Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Broadway, Chinatown, Chippendale, Church Hill, Circular Quay, Dawes Point, Elizabeth Bay, Erskineville, Eveleigh, Forest Lodge, Garden Island, Glebe, Goat Island, Golden Grove, Haymarket, HMAS Kuttabul, Kings Cross , MacDonaldtown, Millers Point, Moore Park, Parliament House Sydney, Potts Point, Pyrmont, Rushcutters Bay, St James, Strawberry Hills, East Sydney, The Rocks, Ultimo, University of Sydney, Waterloo , Woolloomooloo , Zetland and parts of Annandale, Camperdown, Centennial Park, Darling Harbor , Darlinghurst , Darlington, Newtown, Paddington, Redfern , Rosebery, St Peters, Surry Hills and Sydney. The council's administrative headquarters are in the Sydney borough to the north of the LGA.
history
In 1770, James Cook explored the area on his first voyage to the South Seas. On January 26, 1788, British ships of the First Fleet with around 1,000 men and women, including about three-quarters of convicts, arrived in Port Jackson under the leadership of Arthur Phillip . They founded Australia's first white settlement at the harbor. The new settlement was named Sydney in honor of then British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend Sydney .
The town was granted city rights on July 20, 1842. It included the districts of Woolloomooloo, Surry Hills, Chippendale and Pyrmont. In the 11.65 square kilometer area there were six districts, which were marked by border posts. A border post still exists in Sydney Square today. The city's boundaries have changed several times since 1900. In 1909 Camperdown and in 1949 Alexandria, Darlington, Erskineville, Newtown, Redfern, Glebe, Waterloo and Paddington were incorporated.
In 1968 the borders were changed again and many of these places became part of the new LGA Municipality of South Sydney . South Sydney was then again part of the City of Sydney between 1982 and 1988. After the spin-off of South Sydney, the City of Sydney was slightly smaller than originally at 6.19 square kilometers. On February 6, 2004, South Sydney was incorporated back into the City of Sydney. After the merger of the two LGAs, the area grew to 25 square kilometers.
administration
The City of Sydney is an administrative area (LGA = Local Government Area) that includes the actual inner city of Sydney (CBD = Central Business District) and the inner city suburbs of the Sydney metropolitan area. The current administrative structure was created after the following districts were combined with the CBD to form the City of Sydney on February 6, 2004: Pyrmont, Ultimo, Haymarket and Woolloomooloo.
The Council of the City of Sydney has ten members, nine councilors and a chairperson, who are elected by the residents of the LGA. Sydney City is not subdivided into districts, but comprises a number of neighborhoods.
The President of the Council is Lord Mayor . He is not only mayor of the LGA, but also fulfills the representative duties of a city mayor in Sydney.
From 1945 to 1964, the area was subordinate to Cumberland County , whose jurisdiction was limited to town planning .
The elected city council is responsible for a number of tasks entrusted to it by the New South Wales government. However, many tasks are performed by the state itself. This includes public transport, main roads, traffic surveillance, police, education from primary school level and the planning of large infrastructure projects.
Town twinning
The City of Sydney has partnerships with the following cities.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Sydney (C) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.