Warumunga, Northern Territory
Suburb of Barkly Region, the Northern Territory, Australia
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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][6]
Warumunga | |||||||||||||
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  Warumunga | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 20°08′16″S 133°52′28″E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 39,870 km2 (15,390 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 146 (SAL 2021)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0852[6] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.0 °C (89.6 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 19.0 °C (66.2 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 473.1 mm (18.63 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[6] Adjoining localities[8][9][a] | |||||||||||||
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[update], it has an area of 39,870 square kilometres (15,390 sq mi).[4]
The 2016 Australian census reports that Warumunga had 157 people living within its boundaries, of which 112 (69.6%) identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.[10] The population fell to 146 in the 2021 census.[11]
Warumunga is located within the federal Division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[3][2][9]
