Tablelands Region
Tablelands Region | |||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland, 2013, prior to de-amalgamation of Shire of Mareeba | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Atherton | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Rodney Donald Marti | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 11,293 km2 (4,360 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 26,244 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.32392/km2 (6.0189/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Tablelands Region | ||||||||||||
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The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January 2014, one of those local government areas, the Shire of Mareeba, was re-established independent of the Tablelands Region.
It has an estimated operating budget of A$62.2 million.
In the 2021 census, the Tablelands Region had a population of 26,244 people.