| Areyonga Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Areyonga settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia (circa 1958) | |||||||||||||||
  Areyonga | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°05′14″S 132°16′19″E / 24.0871°S 132.272°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 236 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1920s[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0872[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | MacDonnell Region | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Gwoja | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[4][5] | ||||||||||||||
Areyonga (Pitjantjatjara: Utju) is a small town in the Northern Territory of Australia, located about 220 km (140 mi) west of Alice Springs. Founded in the 1920s, it had a population of about 236 in the 2021 Australian census, most of whom are Aboriginal people of the Pitjantjatjara language group.
Areyonga School was one of the earliest adopters of "two-way education", which celebrated its 50th anniversary in June 2023.
- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for Areyonga (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Areyonga". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Areyonga Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Community of Areyonga (CP 5110)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 5 April 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
