Port Pirie Regional Council

Port Pirie Regional Council
South Australia
Location of Port Pirie Regional Council
Area1,761 km2 (679.9 sq mi)
MayorLeon Stephens
Council seatPort Pirie
RegionYorke and Mid North[1]
State electorate(s)Stuart[2]
Narungga[3]
Federal division(s)Grey[4]
WebsitePort Pirie Regional Council
LGAs around Port Pirie Regional Council:
Mount Remarkable
Port Pirie Regional Council Northern Areas
Barunga West Wakefield

The Port Pirie Regional Council (PPRC) is a local government area in South Australia, focused on the city of Port Pirie. It has a population of about 18,000 people. The council's main administrative facilities and works depot can be found in Port Pirie; it also have a rural office in Crystal Brook.[5] In addition to Port Pirie, the municipality also includes the surrounding towns and localities of Bungama, Collinsfield, Coonamia, Crystal Brook, Koolunga, Lower Broughton, Merriton, Napperby, Nelshaby, Pirie East, Port Davis, Port Pirie South, Port Pirie West, Redhill, Risdon Park, Risdon Park South, Solomontown, Wandearah East, Wandearah West and Warnertown, and part of Clements Gap, and Mundoora.[6]

The Port Pirie Regional Council was created in 1997, and resulted from two council mergers in short succession: the amalgamation of the District Council of Pirie into the City of Port Pirie in July 1996, and that council's subsequent amalgamation with the District Council of Crystal Brook-Redhill to create the present council in March 1997.[7]

  1. ^ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  3. ^ "District of Narungga Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Grey (SA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Contact". Port Pirie Regional Council. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Wednesday 23 July 2014" (PDF). Port Pirie Regional Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.