City of Greater Geraldton
City of Greater Geraldton | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of City of Greater Geraldton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 28°46′44″S 114°36′25″E / 28.779°S 114.607°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Mid West | ||||||||||||
| City | Geraldton | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Geraldton | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Jerry Clune | ||||||||||||
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| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 12,625.5 km2 (4,874.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 39,489 (LGA 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | AWST | ||||||||||||
| Website | City of Greater Geraldton | ||||||||||||
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The City of Greater Geraldton is a local government area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, 424 kilometres (263 mi) north of the state capital, Perth on the Indian Ocean. It covers an area of 12,625.5 square kilometres (4,874.7 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Geraldton.
It was established on 1st July 2011 following the amalgamation of the Shire of Mullewa and the City of Geraldton-Greenough, itself a product of a 2007 amalgamation between the City of Geraldton and Shire of Greenough.