Hume (region)

Hume Region Victoria
Wodonga in 1992
Victorian Alps pictured in Spring 2007.
Hume Region The location of Shepparton, a city in the Hume region
Coordinates	36°23′S 145°24′E / 36.383°S 145.400°E / -36.383; 145.400Coordinates: 36°23′S 145°24′E / 36.383°S 145.400°E / -36.383; 145.400
Population	263,089 (2011 census)
• Density	6.51517/km2 (16.87421/sq mi)
Area	40,381 km2 (15,591.2 sq mi)
LGA(s)	(by population) Greater Shepparton Wodonga Mitchell Moira Wangaratta Indigo Benalla Murrindindi Alpine Strathbogie Mansfield Towong
State electorate(s)	Benambra Eildon Euroa Ovens Valley Shepparton
Federal Division(s)	Bendigo Indi McEwen Murray
Website	Hume Region
Localities around Hume Region: Loddon Mallee New South Wales New South Wales Loddon Mallee Hume Region New South Wales Loddon Mallee Greater Melbourne Gippsland

The Hume is an economic rural region located in the north-eastern part of Victoria, Australia. Comprising an area in excess of 40,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) with a population that ranges from 263,000 (in 2011) to 300,000 (in 2012), the Hume region includes the local government areas of Alpine Shire, Rural City of Benalla, City of Wodonga, City of Greater Shepparton, Shire of Indigo, Shire of Mansfield, Shire of Strathbogie, Shire of Towong and the Rural City of Wangaratta, and also includes five unincorporated areas encompassing the alpine ski resorts in the region.

The Hume region is located along the two major interstate transport corridors – the Hume corridor and the Goulburn Valley corridor. The region comprises four distinct and inter-connected sub-regions or districts: Upper Hume, Central Hume, Goulburn Valley, and Lower Hume. The regional cities and centres of Wodonga, Shepparton and Wangaratta (supported by Benalla) function as a network of regional hubs that service their own distinct sub-regions. The region is bounded by the Victorian Alps in the south and east, the New South Wales border defined by the Murray River in the north, the Loddon Mallee region in the west and the Greater Melbourne northern, western, and eastern metropolitan and Gippsland regions to the south.