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City of Swan
	City of Swan; Western Australia
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Population:	93,279 (2006 census)
Established:	1970
Area:	1043 km² (402.7 sq mi)
Mayor:	Charlie Zannino
Council Seat:	Midland
Region:	NE metropolitan Perth, Swan Valley
State District:	Bassendean, Darling Range, Midland, Swan Hills, West Swan
Federal Division:	Perth, Cowan, Hasluck, Pearce
	Website: http://www.cityofswan.com
	LGAs around City of Swan:

The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's north-eastern metropolitan region and the Swan Valley, centred approximately 20 km north-east of the Perth Central business district (CBD). The City covers an area of 1,043 km² (much of which is uninhabited) and has a population of about 93,000. At the 2001 census, 10% of the population were born in the United Kingdom, while significant Southern European and South-East Asian minorities are also located here.

[edit] History

The City of Swan began as three entities:

Guildford Municipal Council was gazetted in 1871.
Helena Vale Municipal Council was gazetted in 1895, and became Midland Junction Municipal Council in 1901.
Swan Road Board was gazetted in 1871.

On 1 July 1961, the Guildford and Swan areas merged into the Shire of Swan-Guildford, while Midland became the Town of Midland. They united on 1 April 1970 as the Shire of Swan, and exactly thirty years later, on 1 April 2000, became the City of Swan.^[1]

[edit] Wards

The City of Swan is divided into 7 wards, most of which have only one councillor:

Altone Ward (3 councillors)
Ballajura Ward (3 councillors)
Midland Ward (3 councillors)
Ellenbrook
Swan Valley Gidgegannup (2 Councillors)
Guildford
North Ward

[edit] Suburbs

[edit] Sister cities

Bivongi, Calabria, Italy (2006)
San Salvo, Abruzzo, Italy (2006)

[edit] References

^ WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

[edit] External links

City of Swan website

[0] WA Electoral Commission, Municipality Boundary Amendments Register (release 2.0), 31 May 2003.

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