South Australia
There are 49 counties in South Australia, mostly in the south-east part of the state. The counties are divided into 526 hundreds. Adelaide is located in the Hundred of Adelaide in the County of Adelaide. The County of Adelaide between 1855 and 1921 held at least 60% of South Australia's population; the figure rose to 70.6% in 1966. All of the existing counties had been proclaimed by 1900, except for Le Hunte (proclaimed 1908), Bosanquet (proclaimed 1913), and Hore-Ruthven (proclaimed 1933). Parcels of land in most residential areas are identified with the Deposited Plan or Filed Plan number with an allotment number, for example: "Allotment 20 in Deposited Plan (DP) 11270". In many rural areas and historically in residential areas, land is described with the Section number, hundred and county, for example "Section 53, Hundred of Borda, County of Carnarvon", or the allotment number within government towns. Sometimes a combination is used, such as "allotment 1 (DP 25326), Hundred of Munno Para". Often only the hundred name is used, not the county, as each hundred has a unique name making the county name redundant.
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