Alice Springs

Alice Springs
Mparntwe
Northern Territory
View of Alice Springs CBD from Anzac Hill.
Alice Springs is located in Northern Territory
Alice Springs
Alice Springs
Location in Northern Territory
Map
Coordinates23°42′0″S 133°52′12″E / 23.70000°S 133.87000°E / -23.70000; 133.87000
Population23,726 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density72.446/km2 (187.63/sq mi)
Established1872
Postcode(s)0870-0872
Area327.5 km2 (126.4 sq mi)[2] (2011 urban)
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location
LGA(s)Alice Springs Town Council
Territory electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Lingiari
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
28.8 °C
84 °F
13.2 °C
56 °F
282.8 mm
11.1 in

Alice Springs (Eastern Arrernte: Mparntwe) is a city in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is 200 km south of the centre of mainland Australia. It is about halfway between Darwin in the north and Adelaide in the south.

In 2005 there were 26,486 people living in Alice Springs.[3] This makes it the second largest town in the Northern Territory.

Alice Springs is often called "the Alice" or simply "Alice". It is called Mparntwe by the Arrernte. The Arrernte people are the Aboriginal people who have lived around Alice Springs for more than 60,000 years.

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Alice Springs (Urban Centre)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 December 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "2011 Census Community Profiles: Alice Springs". ABS Census. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 25 September 2006

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