Atitjere, Northern Territory
Suburb of Central Desert Region, the Northern Territory, Australia
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Atitjere is a community in Akityarre Ward of the Central Desert Region in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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  Atitjere | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 22°58′56″S 134°55′58″E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation (weather station)[6] | 661 m (2,169 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 204 (2021)[7] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 29.1/km2 (75/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0872[2] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 28.8 °C (83.8 °F)[6] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 13.2 °C (55.8 °F)[6] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 297.3 mm (11.70 in)[6] | ||||||||||||
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The 2021 Australian census which was conducted in August 2021 reports that Atitjere had a population of 204 of which 157 (77.0%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[7]
Hart is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the Central Desert Region.[4][3][1]
