Atitjere, Northern Territory

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Atitjere
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Atitjere
Coordinates: 22°58′56″S134°55′58″E / 22.9821°S 134.9328°E / -22.9821; 134.9328 [1]
Country Australia
State Northern Territory
LGA
Location
Government
   Territory electorate
   Federal division
Area
[5]
  Total
7 km2 (2.7 sq mi)
Elevation
(weather station) [6]
661 m (2,169 ft)
Population
  Total204 (2021) [7]
  Density29.1/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode
0872 [2]
Mean max temp28.8 °C (83.8 °F) [6]
Mean min temp13.2 °C (55.8 °F) [6]
Annual rainfall297.3 mm (11.70 in) [6]
Suburbs around Atitjere
Hart Hart Hart
Hart Atitjere Hart
Hart Hart Hart
Adjoining localities [8] [9]

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

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Place Names Register Extract for Atitjere". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Atitjere Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. "Hart". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ARLTUNGA (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Atitjere (suburb and locality)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 January 2026. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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.