City of Greater Geelong

- 38.166666666667144.35Koordinaten: 38 ° 10 ' S, 144 ° 21' O The City of Greater Geelong is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria to the city Geelong. The area is 1240 km ² and has about 210,000 inhabitants.

Greater Geelong surrounds the southwestern and western part of Port Phillip Bay and is bordered to the north of the capital, Melbourne. The LGA includes, among others, the following localities a: Barwon Heads, Ceres, Clifton Springs, Geelong, Highton, Lara, Mount Duneed, Ocean Grove, Portarlington, Reedy Lake and St Leonards. The seat of the City Council is located in the coastal town of Geelong is located in the southwest of the LGA.

Three quarters of the population of the Greater City live in the city itself, which is also determined by their industry 's economy. It is the second largest city in Victoria. The north direction thereof extending Melbourne area is a rural area, where many city commuters have settled.

The southern part of the LGA is the Bellarine Peninsula (except for the Queenscliffe Borough ), a popular tourist destination. The various resorts and larger campsites attract the summer beach goers of the most populous metropolitan area. The Bass Strait facing south coast is also interesting for surfers. Geelong is also the starting point of the west coast 's leading Great Ocean Road.

Management

The Greater Geelong City Council has twelve members who are elected by the residents of the twelve wards. Six of these districts, Corio, Cowie, Kildare, Bill Brown, Austin and Kardania range from Geelong, the remaining six are Windermere, Deakin, Buckley, Cheetham, Beangala and Coryule. From the circle of Councillor also the Mayor ( Mayor ) of the Council recruited.

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