Central Desert Region
| Central Desert Region Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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| Population | 4,383 (2013 est)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0155376/km2 (0.040242/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 282,090 km2 (108,915.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Norbert Jampijinpa Patrick | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Alice Springs (outside LGA) | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Alice Springs Region | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Stuart | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Central Desert Region | ||||||||||||||
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The Central Desert Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The Council's main towns are Ti Tree, Yuendumu and Lajamanu. The Council covers an area of 282,090 square kilometres (108,916 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 4,743 people.
History
In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced the reform of local government areas. The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new Shires. The Central Desert Shire was created on 1 July 2008.
Elections of councillors were held on 25 October 2008. The current President (Mayor) of the Central Desert Regional Council is Adrian Dixon and the Deputy President is Norbert Jampijinpa Patrick.
Much of the council's area was previously unincorporated, but several Community Government Councils merged into the Central Desert Regional Council. These were:
Changes to the NT Local Government Legislation in 2013 changed the names of Shire to Regional Councils and thus the Central Desert Shire became the Central Desert Regional Council with effect from 1 January 2014.
Wards
The Central Desert Shire Council is divided into 4 wards, which is governed by 12 councillors across four wards:
- Northern Tanami (2)
- Southern Tanami (4)
- Anmatjere (4)
- Akityarre (2)
Towns
Towns, with population figures as of Census of 2006:
- Atitjere (Harts Range) (247 in 2007) (Akityarre Ward)
- Lajamanu (669) (Northern Tanami Ward)
- Nyirripi (251) (381 with outstations, Wulaign) (Southern Tanami Ward)
- Ti Tree (153) (Anmatjere Community)
- Willowra (272) (Anmatjere Ward)
- Yuelamu (215) (Anmatjere Ward)
- Yuendumu (686) (Southern Tanami Ward)
References
- ^ "3218.0 Regional Population Growth, Australia. Table 7. Estimated Resident Population, Local Government Areas, Northern Territory". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.