Weipa Town
Weipa Town | |||||||||||||
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Departure lounge, Weipa Airport, 2007 | |||||||||||||
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Weipa Town | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 12°37′47″S 141°52′41″E / 12.6298°S 141.8781°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | Far North Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1967 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Rocky Point | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Chairman | Michael Rowland | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 11 km2 (4.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 4,100 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 373/km2 (970/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Weipa Town | ||||||||||||
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Weipa Town is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It covers the town of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, including the localities of Rocky Point, Trunding, Nanum, Evans Landing, and Weipa Airport. It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Rio Tinto Aluminium (which operates a bauxite mine in the area) through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority.
In the 2021 census, the Weipa Town had a population of 4,100 people.