Central Australia , also called the Red Center [1] , the Alice Springs Region [2] , the Central Region [3] and Centralia ( eng. Centralia ) - one of the nine regions of the Northern Territory of Australia [4] . The center of the region is the city of Alice Springs .
Content
Geography, description
The region occupies the southern part of the Northern Territory , from the north is limited to the , from the west - Western Australia , from the south - South Australia , and from the east - Queensland . The area of the region is 546,046 km², that is, about 40% of the entire Northern Territory [3] . In addition to the main city of the region, Alice Springs , is a small town on its territory 4 (estimated at 2016), with a rich history, despite its very modest size; also several so-called “ stations ” - large land holdings used for keeping livestock; and a large number of Aboriginal settlements. The entire territory of the region is the so-called outback .
Central Australia has the . Although its location is definitely not determined, all researchers agree that it is located about 200 kilometers south of Alice Springs [5] .
According to the 2005 census, the population of Central Australia was 39,068 people (19% of the total population of the Northern Territory) [3] , now it is 50–60 thousand people, and the population of Alice Springs was 28,605 in 2012. 40–45% of the population of Central Australia are aboriginal.
The climate of the region is very dry: an average of only 150 mm of rain a year.
Administratively, the region is divided into four districts : Alice Springs , Central Desert , McDonnell and .
History
In the 1920s, Minister decided that the Northern Territory was too large for full-fledged control and therefore soon divided it into Central and Northern parts. As a result, from February 1, 1927 to June 12, 1931, Central Australia was an independent administrative-territorial unit , after which the original territory and political administration were returned to the Northern Territory.
See also
- Regions of Australia
- Australian geography
- Geography of the Northern Territory
Notes
- ↑ DiscoverCentralAustralia.com (English)
- ↑ Alice Springs region Archival copy dated October 22, 2016 on the Wayback Machine (eng.) On infrastructure.nt.gov.au
- ↑ 1 2 3 Central Region (English) on the site nt.gov.au , November 2006 Archived from the original source November 20, 2015
- ↑ Northern Territory Forecast Areas Map (English) on bom.gov.au
- ↑ Center of Australia, States and Territories (English) on ga.gov.au Archived from original source January 8, 2006
Links
- VisitCentralAustralia (eng.) On Facebook