Town of Port Hedland
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This article is about the local authority. For the locality, see Port Hedland, Western Australia. For the port and harbour, see Port of Port Hedland.
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Town of Port Hedland Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Population | 15,684 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 10,587 km2 (4,087.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Peter Carter | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
Region | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Pilbara | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
Website | Town of Port Hedland | ||||||||||||||
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The Town of Port Hedland is a local government area in the Pilbara region of Western Australia containing the twin settlements of Port Hedland and South Hedland and the industrial precinct of Wedgefield. It had a population of approximately 14,500 as at the 2016 Census of which only a few hundred live outside the settlement boundaries.[2]