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
Warumunga
Coordinates20°08′16″S 133°52′28″E[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]

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

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