Waratah-Wynyard
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The Municipality of Waratah-Wynyard is a local government area of Tasmania, Australia. It is located in the north-west of the state, just to the west of Burnie.
It covers an area from Wynyard near the coast, to the inland mining towns of Waratah and Savage River. It also includes the Burnie satellite town of Somerset. The current mayor is Mayor Roger Chalk.
The Council was originally the 'Municipality of Table Cape', in 1945 it was renamed to become the Wynyard Municipal Council. In 1993 the Municipality of Wynyard was merged with the Municipality of Waratah to create the present joined municipality. There has been suggestion of renaming the council back to Table Cape.
The municipal area has a population of 13,819 (2001 census).
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