Rural City of Ararat
Rural City of Ararat | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Ararat | ||||||||||||
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| • Mayor | o Armstrong | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 4,211 km2 (1,626 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 11,880 (2021) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.8212/km2 (7.307/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 23 September 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Rural City of Ararat | ||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Ararat is an Australian local government area located in the western part of the state of Victoria. It covers an area of 4,211 square kilometres (1,626 mi2) and in the 2021 had a population of 11,880. The area includes the towns of Ararat, Lake Bolac, Moyston, Pomonal, Streatham, Tatyoon, Wickliffe and Willaura.
The rural city is governed and administered by the Ararat Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Ararat. The rural city is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Ararat, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 8,076.
The traditional owners of the area are the Djab Wurrung.