The City of Greater Dandenong is a local government area in Victoria, Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of just under 130 square kilometres (50 sq mi) and an estimated population of 135,605 people.
It was formed in 1994 by the merger of parts of the former City of Dandenong and City of Springvale.
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