Atitjere, Northern Territory

Atitjere is a community in Akityarre Ward of the Central Desert Region in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Atitjere Northern Territory
Atitjere
Coordinates	22°58′56″S 134°55′58″E[1]
Population	224 (2016)[2]
• Density	32.0/km^2 (83/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	0872[3]
Elevation	661 m (2,169 ft)(weather station) [4]
Area	7 km^2 (2.7 sq mi)[5]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	1,247 km (775 mi) S of Darwin[3]
LGA(s)	Central Desert Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Namatjira[6]
Federal Division(s)	Lingiari[7]
Mean max temp[4] Mean min temp[4] Annual rainfall[4] 28.8 °C 84 °F 13.2 °C 56 °F 297.3 mm 11.7 in
Suburbs around Atitjere: Hart Hart Hart Hart Atitjere Hart Hart Hart Hart
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[8][9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Atitjere had a population of 224 of which 173 (77.9%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[2]

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.[7][6][1]

References

1. "Place Names Register Extract for Atitjere". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Atitjere (NT)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
3. "Atitjere Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
4. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ARLTUNGA (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
5. "Hart". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
6. "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
7. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
8. "Atitjere". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
9. "Localities within Petermann-Simpson sub-region (CP 5080)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.