Shire of Esperance Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 13,883 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1895 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 42,546.9 km2 (16,427.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Shire President | Ron Chambers[2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Esperance | ||||||||||||||
Region | Goldfields-Esperance | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Roe | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||||||||
Website | Shire of Esperance | ||||||||||||||
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The Shire of Esperance is a local government area in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of the town of Kalgoorlie and about 720 kilometres (450 mi) east-southeast of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 42,547 square kilometres (16,427 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Esperance, where about three-quarters of the Shire's population resides.