__NOTOC__ Ghan is a locality in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

located about south of the territory capital of Darwin at the intersection of

Lasseter Highway Lasseter Highway is a fully sealed 244 kilometre highway in the Northern Territory of Australia. It connects Yulara, Kata Tjuta and Uluru east to the Stuart Highway at Erldunda. The highway is named after Lewis Hubert (Harold Bell) Lasseter, ...

and

Stuart Highway Stuart Highway is a major Australia, Australian highway. It runs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, in the Northern Territory, via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, to Port Augusta in South Australia; a distance of . Its northern and sou ...

Naming

The locality’s name is given in "recognition of the important role the Afghans and their camels played in opening up Central Australia." It fully surrounds both the locality of Finke and the community of

Imanpa Imanpa is a community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is seven kilometres north of the Lasseter Highway, the main road running between the Stuart Highway and Uluru (Ayers Rock). Imanpa lies 160 kilometres east of Uluru and 200 kilomet ...

. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.

Heritage listed sites

Ghan includes the following places that have been listed on the

Northern Territory Heritage Register The Northern Territory Heritage Register is a heritage register, being a statutory list of places in the Northern Territory of Australia that are protected by the Northern Territory statute, the ''Heritage Act 2011''. The register is maintained b ...

– the Charlotte Waters Telegraph Station, the Henbury Meteorite Craters, the

Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia in the locality of Ghan, Northern Territory, Ghan about south of Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Hermannsburg and west of Alice Springs, North ...

, the

Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve Mac Clark (Acacia peuce) Conservation Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Ghan. It is located approximately south of Ltyentye Apurte Community and south east of Alice Springs. The re ...

and the Old Andado Station.

Governance

Ghan is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the

MacDonnell Region The MacDonnell Regional Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The region covers an area of and had an estimated population of 6,863 people in June 2018. Geography MacDonnell Regional Council occupies the so ...

Demographics

The

2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an incre ...

which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Ghan had 124 people living within its boundaries.

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{{Localities and communities of the MacDonnell Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory MacDonnell Region