| 词条 | Shire of Towong | ||||||||||||||||
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| type = lga | name = Shire of Towong | state = vic | image = Australia Victoria Towong Shire.svg | caption = Location in Victoria | pop = 5985 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | area = 6673 | est = 1994 | gazetted = 18 November 1994[2] | mayor = Cr David Wortmann | seat = Tallangatta | region = Hume | logo = Towong Shire logo.jpg | url = http://www.towong.vic.gov.au/ | stategov = Benambra | fedgov = Indi | near-nw = Wodonga | near-n = Greater Hume (NSW) | near-ne = Snowy Valleys (NSW) | near-w = Indigo | near-e = Snowy Valleys (NSW) | near-sw = Alpine | near-s = East Gippsland | near-se = Snowy Valleys (NSW) }} The Shire of Towong 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 {{convert|6673|km2|mi2}} and at the 2016 Census had a population of approximately 6,000. It includes the towns of Corryong and Tallangatta. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Tallangatta and Shire of Upper Murray.[2] The Shire is governed and administered by the Towong Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Tallangatta, it also has a service centre located in Corryong. The Shire is named after an earlier shire, the Shire of Towong (1874–1920), which occupied the same region as the current LGA. CouncilCurrent compositionThe council is composed of five councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality.[3]
Administration and governanceThe council meets in the council chambers at the council headquarters in the Tallangatta Municipal Offices, which is also the location of the council's administrative activities. It also provides customer services at both its administrative centre in Tallangatta, and its service centre in Corryong. See also
References1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA26670|name=Towong (S) |accessdate=28 November 2017|quick=on }} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/view.cgi?year=1994&class=S&page_num=3&state=V&classNum=S87 |title=S87 of 1994: Order estg (Part 2) the Shire of Towong |author=Victoria Government Gazette – Online Archive |year=1837–1997 |website=State Library of Victoria |publisher=State Government of Victoria |publication-date=18 November 1994 |page=3 |accessdate=10 January 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/localgovernment/find-your-local-council/towong |title=Towong Shire Council |author=Local Government in Victoria |website=Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure |publisher=State Government of Victoria |accessdate=12 January 2017}} External links
2 : Local government areas of Victoria (Australia)|Hume (region) |
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