The Shire of Gnowangerup is a local government area in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Albany and about 370 kilometres (230 mi) southeast of the capital, Perth.

The Shire covers an area of 4,268 square kilometres (1,648 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Gnowangerup.

Gnowangerup was initially gazetted as the Gnowangerup Road District on 26 January 1912, taking in territory that had been part of the Broomehill and Tambellup road districts.

[2] The Shire of Gnowangerup is located on the traditional land of the Koreng people of the Noongar nation.

The towns and localities of the Shire of Gnowangerup with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:[6][7] As of 2023, 115 places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Gnowangerup,[25] of which two are on the State Register of Heritage Places, the Telyarup Homestead and the Gnowangerup Noongar Centre, both located in the town of Gnowangerup.