The City of Wodonga is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-eastern part of the state on the Murray River, which forms the border with New South Wales. It has an area of 433 square kilometres (167 sq mi) and at the 2006 census, it had a population of 33,010. Its floral and fauna emblems are Pink heath and the Leadbeater's Possum respectively—the same as the state of Victoria's.
Its council, the Wodonga City Council, provides governance for the Victorian part of the Albury-Wodonga urban area.
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