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The City of Belmont is a local government area in the inner eastern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about east of Perth's central business district on the south bank of the Swan River. The City covers an area of , maintains 225 km of roads and has a population of 35,209 (2011). The City of Belmont is a member of the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council Belmont contains Perth's domestic and international airports which account for 33.7% of the City of Belmont's land area. ==History== The Belmont Road District was created on 2 December 1898. On 4 October 1907, it was renamed Belmont Park. From 1906 until 1909, Burswood Island was part of the district. On 1 July 1961, the Belmont Park Road District became the Shire of Belmont following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. On 17 February 1979 it attained city status.〔WA Electoral Commission, ''Municipality Boundary Amendments Register'' (release 3.0), 31 July 2007.〕 Ascot and Belmont are suburbs long associated with horses, being close to the race tracks (see Ascot Racecourse and Belmont Park). Until 1956 the Belmont Spur Railway linked Bayswater on the Perth to Midland line to the Ascot race track. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City of Belmont」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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