What is Hunter Valley?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = region | name = Hunter Region | state = nsw | image = Hunter panorama-1b-web-l.jpg | caption = View across the Hunter Valley | image2 = Newcastle - Bulk carrier passing Nobbys.jpg | caption2 = The mouth of the [[Hunter River (New South Wales)|Hunter River]] at {{NSWcity|Newcastle}} | coordinates = {{coord|32|55|S|151|45|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = The location of {{NSWcity|Newcastle}}, the major city in the Hunter Region | pop = 620530 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}} | pop_footnotes = <ref group=Note>Population figure is the combined population of all LGAs in the region</ref> | density = | density_footnotes = | area = 29145 | area_footnotes = | timezone = [[Australian Eastern Standard Time|AEST]] | utc = +10 | timezone-dst = [[Australian Eastern Daylight Time|AEDT]] | utc-dst = +11 | dist1 = 120 | dir1 = N | location1 = Sydney | lga = {{plainlist| * '''Cities''' <small>(by population)</small> * [[City of Lake Macquarie]] * [[City of Newcastle]] * [[City of Maitland]] * [[City of Cessnock]] }} | lga2 = {{plainlist| * '''Other LGAs''' <small>(by population)</small> * [[Port Stephens Council]] * [[Great Lakes Council]] * [[Singleton Council]] * [[Muswellbrook Shire]] * [[Upper Hunter Shire]] * [[Dungog Shire]] * [[Gloucester Shire]] }} | stategov = {{plainlist| * [[Electoral district of Cessnock|Cessnock]], [[Electoral district of Charlestown|Charlestown]] * [[Electoral district of Lake Macquarie|Lake Macquarie]], [[Electoral district of Maitland|Maitland]] * [[Electoral district of Myall Lakes|Myall Lakes]], [[Electoral district of Newcastle|Newcastle]] * [[Electoral district of Port Stephens|Port Stephens]], [[Electoral district of Swansea|Swansea]] * [[Electoral distr