Shire of Yarriambiack
Shire of Yarriambiack | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Grampians | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Warracknabeal | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Kylie Zanker | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 7,326 km2 (2,829 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 6,556 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.89489/km2 (2.3178/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 20 January 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of Yarriambiack | ||||||||||||
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The Shire of Yarriambiack is a local government area of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of 7,326 square kilometres (2,829 mi2) and at the 2021 census, had a population of 6,556. It includes the towns of Hopetoun, Murtoa, Rupanyup and Warracknabeal.
The Shire is governed and administered by the Yarriambiack Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Warracknabeal, it also has service centres located in Hopetoun and Rupanyup. The Shire is named after Yarriambiack Creek, a geographical feature that meanders through the LGA from the Wimmera River, through Warracknabeal, to Lake Coorong at Hopetoun.