South Gippsland Shire
Shire of South Gippsland | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Gippsland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Leongatha | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Cr John Schelling | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 3,296 km2 (1,273 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 29,576 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 8.9733/km2 (23.241/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 2 December 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Shire of South Gippsland | ||||||||||||
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The South Gippsland Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the south-eastern part of the state. It covers an area of 3,296 square kilometres (1,273 mi2) and, in June 2018, had a population of 29,576. It includes the towns of Leongatha, Korumburra, Foster, Poowong, Mirboo North and Meeniyan.
The Shire is governed and administered by the South Gippsland Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Leongatha, it also has a service centre located in Mirboo North. The Shire is named after the Gippsland region, in which the LGA occupies the southernmost portion, including Wilsons Promontory at the southern tip of the Australian continent.