Rural City of Ararat

- 37.283333333333142.91666666667Koordinaten: 37 ° 17 ' S, 142 ° 55' O The Rural City of Ararat is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of Victoria. The area is 4230 km ² and has about 11,500 inhabitants.

The rural community of Ararat is located about 200 km west of the capital, Melbourne and includes the following towns a: Pomonal, Armstrong, Elmhurst, Moyston, Ararat, Warrak, Buangor, Maroona, Ross Bridge, Will Aura, Wickliffe, Lake Bolac, Estmere and Streatham. The seat of the Rural City Council is located in the town of Ararat in the north, which has about 6,000 inhabitants.

The area around Mount Ararat, which is named after the biblical Mount Ararat, is a hilly, agricultural region. The land is used as pasture, mainly for sheep farming. In addition, it is located on the eastern edge of the wine region of the Grampians.

In Buangor in the Challicum Hills, a large wind farm, the largest wind farm in Australia was upon completion in 2003, is.

Tourist interest is the city of Ararat, which was created in 1857 after gold was found in the area, and there especially the J Ward, which was the former county jail and a lunatic asylum, and the Lake Bolac for water sports and fishing.

Management

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

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