Editing Mount Isa (section)

== Governance ==
Mount Isa at local level is part of the [[City of Mount Isa]], at state level is part of the [[Electoral district of Traeger|electoral district of Mount Isa]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland]], and at federal level is part of the [[Division of Kennedy]] in the [[Australian House of Representatives]]. The City of Mount Isa [[Local government area|LGA]] jurisdiction, covering 43,188&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup><ref name="ABSLGA">{{cite web|title=3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014-15: Population Estimates by Local Government Area (ASGS 2015), 2005 to 2015|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02014-15|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|publisher=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=30 March 2016|access-date=12 September 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908050610/http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3218.02014-15|archive-date=8 September 2016|df=dmy-all}} Estimated resident population, 30 June 2015.</ref> (2nd largest in Australia), is the 15th largest in the world in terms of area<ref>{{Cite web |title=Largest City in the World by Area 2024 |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/largest-city-in-the-world-by-area |website=World Population Review |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119210955/https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-city-rankings/largest-city-in-the-world-by-area |url-status=live }}</ref> and takes in the border town of [[Camooweal]], {{convert|188|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-west of Mount Isa and {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the border of the [[Northern Territory]].