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Darwin
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Owerleukin the CBD 2015
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Coordinates
| 12°27′0″S
130°50′0″E
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12.45000°S 130.83333°E
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-12.45000; 130.83333
Coordinates
:
12°27′0″S
130°50′0″E
/
12.45000°S 130.83333°E
/
-12.45000; 130.83333
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Population
| 127,532 (2010)
[1]
(
16t
)
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? Density
| 926/km
2
(2,400/sq mi) (2008)
[2]
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Established
| 1869
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Aurie
| 112.01 km
2
(43.2 sq mi)
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Time zone
| ACST
(
UTC+9:30
)
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Mayor
| Katrina Fong Lim
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Location
| - 3,034 km (1,885 mi) frae
Adelaide
- 4,042 km (2,512 mi) frae
Perth
- 3,433 km (2,133 mi) from
Brisbane
- 3,969 km (2,466 mi) from
Canberra
- 3,350 km (2,082 mi) from
Singapore
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LGA(s)
| Darwin
,
Palmerston
,
Litchfield
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Coonty
| Palmerston County
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State electorate(s)
| Port Darwin
(an 14 ithers)
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Federal Diveesion(s)
| Solomon
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Mean max temp
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Mean min temp
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Annual rainfaw
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32.0 °C
90 °F
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23.2 °C
74 °F
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1,740.2 mm
68.5 in
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Darwin
is the
caipital ceety
o the
Northren Territory
, Australie. Situatit on the
Timor Sea
, Darwin haes a population o 127,500, makin it bi far the lairgest an maist populatit ceety in the spairsely populatit Northren Territory, but the least populous o aw Australie's caipital ceeties. It is the smawest an maist northerly o the Australian caipital ceeties, an acts as the
Top End
's regional centre.
Darwin haes grown frae a pioneer ootpost an sma port intae ane o Australie's maist modren an multicultural ceeties. Its proximity tae Asie makes it an important Australian gateway tae kintras such as
Indonesie
an
East Timor
. The
Stuart Highway
begins in Darwin, endin at
Port Augusta
in Sooth Australie.
The ceety itself is biggit on a law bluff owerleukin the harbour. Its
suburbs
spread oot ower some aurie, beginnin at
Lee Point
in the north an stretchin tae
Berrimah
in the east?past Berrimah, the Stuart Highway goes on tae Darwin's
satellite ceety
,
Palmerston
, an
its suburbs
.