Waratah-Wynyard Municipality

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Waratah-Wynyard
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Location of the Waratah-Wynyard Municipality in Tasmania
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State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
Administrative headquarters: Wynyard
Dates and numbers
Area : 1,187  km²
Residents : 13,578 (2016)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 41 ° 0 ′  S , 145 ° 43 ′  E The Waratah-Wynyard Municipality is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Tasmania . The area is 1187 km² and has about 13,500 inhabitants (2016).

Waratah-Wynyard is located in the northwest of the Tasmanian island about 250 kilometers northwest of the capital Hobart . The area comprises 30 districts and villages: Boat Harbor, Boat Harbor Beach, Calder, Doctors Rocks, Elliott, South Elliott, Flowerdale, Guildford, Henrietta, Lapoinya, Luina, Meunna, Milabena, Moores Plains, Moorleah, Myalla, Oldina, Oonah, Parrawe, Savage River, Sisters Beach, Sisters Creek, Somerset , Table Cape, Takone, West Takone, Waratah, Woodlands, Wynyard and Yolla . The seat of the council is in the place Wynyard on the north coast, where about 5000 inhabitants live (2016).

administration

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

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Waratah / Wynyard (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 : Wynyard (Urban Center / Locality) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.