Warumungu, Northern Territory
Warumunga is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 902 kilometres (560 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]
Warumunga Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Warumunga | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°08′16″S 133°52′28″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 157 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.003938/km2 (0.01020/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0852[3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 39,870 km2 (15,393.9 sq mi)[4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 902 km (560 mi) SE of Darwin City | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Barkly Region [1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Barkly[5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Lingiari[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Locations[3] Adjoining localities[8][9][lower-alpha 1] |
The locality’s name derived from the "Warumungu Land Trust" (sic), which make up a large part of the locality Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][1] As of 2020, it has an area of 39,870 square kilometres (15,390 sq mi).[4]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Warumunga had 157 people living within its boundaries of which 112 (69.6%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[2]
Warumunga is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[6][5][9]
See also
References
Notes
- The locality of Warumunga fully surrounds the locality of Tennant Creek [8]
Citations
- "Place Names Register Extract for Warumunga". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warumunga (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Warumunga Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Warumungu". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Warumunga". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2019.