Bega Valley Shire Council
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| Bega Valley New South Wales |
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 Location in NSW |
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| Population: | 31,062 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 6280 km² (2424.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor: | Tony Allen | ||||||||||||
| Council Seat: | Bega (Zingel Place)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Region: | South Coast | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bega, Monaro | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Eden-Monaro | ||||||||||||
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Bega Valley Shire is located on the south-eastern coastline of New South Wales and extends from Bermagui in the north to the Victorian border in the south. It includes the towns of Bega, Tathra, Merimbula, Tura Beach, Wolumla, Cobargo, Bemboka, Pambula, Pambula Beach, Towamba and the former whaling port of Eden. The Bega Valley Shire is also known as the Sapphire Coast for tourism and marketing purposes.
The Shire is the largest local government area in coastal NSW with an area of 6,280 square kilometres and has the longest coastline of any council in NSW. It is sparsely populated, largely because 75% of the area belongs to various National Parks and State Forests. The population as of the 2006 Census was 31,062.
Bega Valley is particularly known for its dairy industry, though tourism and the Sydney rock oyster industry are of growing importance.
In August 1999 the Bega Valley shire council was sacked and an administrator was put in place until 2002 where a new council was elected.
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Bega Valley (A) (Local Government Area). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ Bega Valley Shire Council. Department of Local Government. Retrieved on 2006-11-14.
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