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The RM is located in Townships 4, 5, and 6 Ranges 22,23 24, 25 and 26 West of the Second Meridian. We are off of Highway No. 13 approximately 64 miles east of Assiniboia Saskatchewan and 64 miles west of Weyburn Saskatchewan. Maps are available upon request. The Town of Bengough is situated right in the middle of the RM and has many amenities. The land area covered is 260,028.63 acres (Statistics Canada). 2004 Total Fair Value Land Assessment is $38,002,500.00. The average sale value of land within the municipality is below Provincial average. One quarter of pasture land sells for approximately $18,000.00, while cultivated (arable) land sells for $20,000.00 to a high of $35,000.00 per quarter. Buildings are not taxable on farm land.

RM of Bengough No. 40 Profile

Our population is 406. The Municipal Mill rate is 12 mills. We have a taxable assessment of $30,176,945.00. There are three school divisions within the Municipality and they each have authority to set their own mill rate. To decide what the mill rate is of the three we calculate what is know as a weighted mill rate. Total taxable assessment by the amount of tax dollars the school divisions requistion = 18. The main industry of the Municipality is Agriculture, however there is a large coal mine located at the south western tip of our land base. The area has provoked recent gas and oil exploration which proves more expansion. We are considered a high tourism area, as we are the "Gateway to the Big Muddy Valley". This valley has great historical significance, and stories have been traced back to Sitting Bull and the Reil Rebellion. Dinosaurs, caves, coal mines, Buffalo Gap, Castle Butte, and Indian Rings are but a few sites to explore.