Maranoa Region is a Local Government Area in South West Queensland, Australia. The Local Government Area, known as Roma Region until 26 July 2009, was created in March 2008 as a result of the report of the Local Government Reform Commission released in July 2007. The new Council, located in the Western Downs/Maranoa region, contains the entire area of five previous Local Government Areas.
The report recommended that the new local government area should not be divided into wards and elect eight councillors and a mayor. The Maranoa Region covers an area of 58,830 square kilometres (22,714 sq mi), and contains an estimated resident population in 2006 of 12,648, and has an operating budget of A$44.2m.
The Region covers the towns of Injune, Mitchell, Roma, Surat and Yuleba and the villages/communities of Amby, Jackson, Muckadilla, Mungallala and Wallumbilla.
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Coordinates: 25°47′33″S 148°35′33″E / 25.7925°S 148.5925°E / -25.7925; 148.5925
