City of Wodonga

- 36.116667146.883333Koordinaten: 36 ° 7 ' S, 146 ° 53' O Wodonga City is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 400 km ² and has about 33,000 inhabitants.

Wodonga is located on the northern border of Victoria on the Murray River about 300 km northeast of the capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway between Melbourne and Sydney, and includes seven municipalities: Baran Warta North, Wodonga, Leneva, Bandiana, Baranduda, Bonegilla and Ebden. The seat of the City Council is located in the city of Wodonga in the north of the LGA on the border with New South Wales.

Together with the north of the Murray River in New South Wales Albury situated, the city forms a metropolitan area with 90,000 inhabitants, in the extended catchment area of ​​100 km radius even live more than 175,000 people. 1851, the two settlements were separated by the demarcation of the State of Victoria. In 1860 the first bridge over the Murray was built. As she lay on a cheap direct flight from Sydney to Melbourne until 1873 the railway from the south-west, zoom built until 1881 by the North East. By 1962 there were in both states still differences of gauge, so that the two cities became an important transfer point for freight and passenger transport. Even today, the region profits nor of their location in the corridor Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne.

In Wodonga there are greater industrial development, so there is a big pet food manufacturers and wood processing industry (paper, cardboard) in the city, which draw on the extensive agriculture and forestry in the area. Furthermore Wodonga has five hospitals and university and military base.

Management

The Wodonga City Council has seven members who are elected by the residents of the LGA. Wodonga is not divided into districts. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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