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__NOTOC__ Warumunga is a locality in the
Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
located about south-east of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality’s name derived from the "Warumungu Land Trust" , which make up a large part of the locality. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. , it has an area of . The
2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th Census in Australia, 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 count ...
reports that Warumunga had 157 people living within its boundaries, of which 112 (69.6%) identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. The population fell to 146 in the 2021 census. Warumunga is located within the federal
Division of Lingiari The Division of Lingiari () is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the Northern Territory that covers the entirety of the territory outside of the Division of Solomon, which covers Darwin, N ...
, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the
Barkly Region The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory, local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek ...
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{{Localities and communities of the Barkly Region, state=collapsed Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory