Rural City of Wangaratta
Rural City of Wangaratta | |||||||||||||
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Location in Victoria | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| Region | Hume | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Wangaratta | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Irene Grant | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 3,645 km2 (1,407 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 29,808 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 8.1778/km2 (21.180/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 18 November 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Website | Rural City of Wangaratta | ||||||||||||
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The Rural City of Wangaratta is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 3,645 square kilometres (1,407 mi2) and, in August 2021, had a population of 29,808. It includes the towns of Cheshunt, Eldorado, Everton, Glenrowan, Greta, Greta West, Milawa, Moyhu, Oxley, Tarrawingee, Wangaratta and Whitfield. When formed the municipality was originally called the Shire of Milawa, but a few months later, was renamed to its current name.
The Rural City is governed and administered by the Wangaratta Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Wangaratta. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement located in the north of the LGA, that is Wangaratta, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of around 18,500.