Warumunga
Northern Territory
Warumunga is located in Northern Territory
Warumunga
Warumunga
Coordinates20°08′16″S 133°52′28″E / 20.1379°S 133.8744°E / -20.1379; 133.8744[1]
Population157 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density0.003938/km2 (0.01020/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0852[3]
Area39,870 km2 (15,393.9 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location902 km (560 mi) SE of Darwin City
LGA(s)Barkly Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)Barkly[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
32.0 °C
90 °F		 19.0 °C
66 °F		 473.1 mm
18.6 in
Suburbs around Warumunga:
Tanami East Tanami East
Tablelands		 Tablelands
Tanami East
Tanami
Anmatjere		 Warumunga Tablelands
Costello
Anmatjere Anmatjere
Davenport		 Costello
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[8][9][lower-alpha 1]

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]

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]

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Notes

  1. ↑ The locality of Warumunga fully surrounds the locality of Tennant Creek[8]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Place Names Register Extract for Warumunga". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warumunga (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Warumunga Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Warumungu". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 "Warumunga". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. 1 2 "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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