7-625: The MacDonnell Regional Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory , Australia . The region covers an area of 268,329 square kilometres (103,602 square miles) and had an estimated population of 6,863 people in June 2018. MacDonnell Regional Council occupies the south of the Northern Territory and is the only LGA that borders with South Australia , specifically with Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in
14-511: Is a federal Australian territory in north-central Australia . It is the third largest Australian federal division with an area of 1,348,094.3 square kilometres (520,502 sq mi) but the least populous with 245,929 inhabitants as at June 2019. The Northern Territory is divided administratively into 17 Local government areas (LGAs) generally known as Councils who are responsible for providing local government services. As of 1 July 2008, there were two classifications of local government in
21-620: The MacDonnell Regional Council is Roxanne Kenny. The MacDonnell Regional Council is divided into 4 wards, which are governed by 12 councillors: The following towns fall within the four wards as follows:, with population figures as of 30 June 2007: There are a number of small family outstations within MacDonnell Regional Council. These include: Local government areas of the Northern Territory The Northern Territory
28-520: The Northern Territory: The Northern Territory was unusual as a comparatively large share of the territory's population lived in unincorporated areas. In 2006, prior to the reorganisation of local government areas in the territory, 92 percent of the land area (1,237,999 km (477,994 sq mi) out of 1,349,130 km (520,900 sq mi)) with 16 percent of the population (30,523 out of 192,898),
35-644: The southwest and the Pastoral Unincorporated Area in the southeast. Alice Springs and Yulara are enclaves within the LGA. In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires. The MacDonnell Shire Council
42-472: Was created on 1 July 2008, as were the remaining ten shires. Elections of shire councillors were held on 25 October 2008. Community Government Councils merged into the MacDonnell Shire, as did a large area of unincorporated area. The existing Community Government Councils and one regional council were: On 1 January 2014, the council was renamed MacDonnell Region. The current president (mayor) of
49-419: Was unincorporated. This anomaly is due to the territory's very low population density, just 0.16 people per km (0.099 people per sq mi). Most of the unincorporated areas disappeared as a result of local government reform in 2008. The area remaining unincorporated is 19,790 km (7,640 sq mi), 1.47 percent of the total, and contains 3.0 percent of the population in June 2019. By comparison, in
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