Councils of Tasmania are the 29 administrative districts of the Australian

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Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

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(LGAs), more generally known as councils, are the tier of government responsible for the management of local duties such as road maintenance,

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and waste management.

Local government areas

There are 29 local government areas of Tasmania:

Towns and suburbs of local government areas

The local government areas include the following towns and suburbs, with some towns and suburbs some spanning multiple local government areas:

Break O'Day Council

Brighton Council

Central Coast Council

Central Highlands Council

Circular Head Council

City of Burnie

City of Clarence

City of Devonport

City of Glenorchy

City of Hobart

City of Launceston

Derwent Valley Council

Dorset Council

Flinders Council

George Town Council

Glamorgan Spring Bay Council

Huon Valley Council

Kentish Council

King Island Council

Kingborough Council

Latrobe Council

Meander Valley Council

Municipality of Tasman

Northern Midlands Council

Sorell Council

Southern Midlands Council

Waratah-Wynyard Council

West Coast Council

West Tamar Council

Former local government areas

Tasmania has had a number of former local government areas. In 1907, the 149 road trusts or town boards (LGAs) of Tasmania were reduced by mergers and amalgamations to 53 LGAs. By the time of a large scale overhaul in 1993, 46 LGAs were reduced to the present-day 29.

References

External links

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Regions of Tasmania TAS