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| Shire of East Pilbara Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location in Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 9,760 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 372,571 km2 (143,850.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shire president | Anthony Middleton[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Newman | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Shire of East Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of East Pilbara is one of the four local government areas in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. With an area of 372,571 square kilometres (143,850 sq mi), larger than the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania combined, it is the largest local government region in Australia.[3] The Shire's seat of government, and home to nearly half the Shire's population, is the town of Newman in the shire's south-west.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "East Pilbara (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "2023 Ordinary Election - East Pilbara". www.elections.wa.gov.au. Western Australian Electoral Commission. 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Our Shire and Our Towns". Newman, WA: Shire of East Pilbara. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
