Townsville City
| Townsville City | |
 Location of Townsville City in Queensland |
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 Australia
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 Queensland
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| Administrative headquarters: | Townsville City |
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| Area : | 3,730.8 km² |
| Residents : | 186,757 (2016) |
| Population density : | 50 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates: 19 ° 15 ′ S , 146 ° 49 ′ E Townsville City (Townsville Regional City) is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Queensland . The area is 3731 km² and has about 187,000 inhabitants.
geography
Townsville is located in the east of the state on the coast about 1120 km north of the capital Brisbane .
The LGA is headquartered in downtown Townsville City. Other districts include Aitkenvale, Alice River, Alligator Creek, Annandale, Arcadia, Balgal Beach, Barringha, Beach Holm, Belgian Gardens, Black River, Blue Hills, Bluewater, Bluewater Park, Bohle, Bohle Plains, Brookhill, Burdell, Bushland Beach, Calcium , Cape Cleveland, Castle Hill, Clemant, Cluden, Condon, Cranbrook, Crystal Creek, Cungulla, Currajong, Deeragun, Douglas, Florence Bay, Garbutt, Granite Vale, Gulliver, Gumlow, Heatley, Hermit Park, Hervey Range, Horseshoe Bay, Hyde Park, Idalia, Jensen, Julago, Kelso, Kirwan, Lavarack Barracks, Lynam, Majors Creek, Mount Louisa, Mount Low, Mount St John, Mount Stuart, Mundingburra, Murray, Mutarnee, Mysterton, Mystic Sands, Nelly Bay, Nome, North Ward, Oak Valley, Oonoonba, Pallarenda, Paluma, Picnic Bay, Pimlico, Pinnacles, Puruno Park, Railway Estate, Rangewood, Rasmussen, Reid River, Rollingstone , Roseneath, Ross River, Rosslea, Rowes Bay, Rupertswood, Saunders Beach, Shaw, Shelly Beach, South Townsville, Stuart, Thuringowa C entral , Toolakea, Toomulla, Toonpan, Town Common, Vincent, West End, West Point, Woodstock, Wulguru and Yabulu.
history
Townsville has had its own administration since 1866. Thuringowa also became an administrative district (division) in 1879, and in 1986 it became a city. In the following years, parts of the Townsville area or other LGAs were struck again and again. In 2008, Thuringowa and Townsville were fully amalgamated to form Townsville Regional City.
administration
Townsville City Council has 13 members. The Mayor (mayor) and twelve other Councilors are elected by all residents of the region. The LGA is not divided into electoral districts.
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- ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Townsville (C) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2020.