City of Ballarat is a Local Government Area located in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia.
It is governed by the Ballarat City Council. The LGA is named after the city, Ballarat, which is also its largest settlement and the seat of local government and location of the council headquarters.
City of Ballarat has an area of 740 square kilometres and at the 2011 Census, a population of 93,501.
City of Ballarat is primarily urban with the vast majority of its population living in the Greater Ballarat urban area, while other significant settlements within its boundaries include Buninyong, Waubra, Learmonth and Addington.
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