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Warumunga
Northern Territory
Warumunga is located in Northern Territory
Warumunga
Warumunga
Location in Northern Territory
Established 4 April 2007
Postcode(s) 0852
Area 39,870 km2 (15,393.9 sq mi)
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location 902 km (560 mi) SE of Darwin City
LGA(s) Barkly Region
Territory electorate(s) Barkly
Federal Division(s) Lingiari
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
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
Footnotes Locations
Adjoining localities

Warumunga is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 902 kilometres (560 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.

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. As of 2020, it has an area of 39,870 square kilometres (15,390 sq mi).

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. The population fell to 146 in the 2021 census.

Warumunga is located within the federal Division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.

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