Belconnen
Belconnen | |||||||||||||
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Tablet at Aranda playing fields marks the beginning of the development of Belconnen in 1966. | |||||||||||||
Belconnen Location in Canberra | |||||||||||||
Interactive map of Belconnen | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°14′19″S 149°03′58″E / 35.2386°S 149.0661°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 77 km2 (30 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 106,061 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,377/km2 (3,567/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2614-2617 | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 12 May 1966 | ||||||||||||
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Belconnen (/bɛlˈkɒnɪn/) is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The district is subdivided into 27 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. As at the 2021 census, the district had a population of 106,061 people; and was the most populous district within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Belconnen is situated approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north-west of the central business district of Canberra, and surrounds an artificially created, ornamental lake, Lake Ginninderra. Lake Ginninderra was made possible by building a dam at an elbow of Ginninderra Creek. Exiting the lake, via a simple overflow, Ginninderra Creek continues, and runs north-west to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River just beyond the north-western ACT border.