Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of , occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Darwin and Top End.

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, a small yet cosmopolitan city, is the tropical capital city of the Northern Territory. People from more than 50 nations make up its population of 147,255.

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The is the northern, tropical part of Northern Territory, home to the northernmost city in Australia and lots of salties.

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, sometimes colloquially known as Alice, is the heart of Central and consists of cavernous gorges, boundless desert landscapes, remote Aboriginal communities and a charming pioneering history.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Red Centre and Barkly Tableland.

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The is the colloquial name given to the southern desert region of the Northern Territory in .

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is a vast open region of pretty much nothing in the Northern Territory about the size of the UK but with fewer than 6,500 inhabitants.
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Northern Territory

  • Type: Locality with 267,000 residents
  • Description: federal territory of Australia
  • Also known as: “N.T.”, “Nord-Territorium”, “Norra territoriet”, “Northern Territory of Australia”, “NT”, “Roinn a Tuath”, “Severni teritorij”, “Tæritöio do Nord”, “Teritoriul de Nord al Australiei”, “Territoire du Nord d’Australie”, “Territorio del Norte de Australia”, “Territoriu di u Nord”, “Tiriad an Hanternoz”, “شمالی ریجن”, “நற்தேர்ன் டெரிடாரி”, “北準州”, “北部準州”, and “北部特別地域”
  • Neighbors: , , and
  • Category: mainland territory of Australia
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
-19.8516° or 19° 51′ 6″ south
Longitude of center
133.2303° or 133° 13′ 49″ east
Population
267,000
Elevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)
Abbreviation
“NT”
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
place=­territory
Geo­Names ID
2064513
Wiki­data ID
Q3235
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Northern Territory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Noordelike Gebied”
  • Albanian: “Northern Territory”
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን ግዛት”
  • Arabic: “إقليم شمالي”
  • Arabic: “الإقليم الشمالي”
  • Aragonese: “Territorio d’o Norte”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային տարածք”
  • Asturian: “Territoriu del Norte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal ərazisi”
  • Balinese: “Wawengkon Kalér”
  • Basque: “Ipar Lurraldea”
  • Bavarian: “Noadterritorium”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная тэрыторыя”
  • Bengali: “উত্তর অঞ্চল”
  • Betawi: “Wilayah Lor (Ostrali)”
  • Betawi: “Wilayah Lor”
  • Bosnian: “Sjeverna teritorija”
  • Breton: “Tiriad an Norzh”
  • Bulgarian: “Северна територия”
  • Burmese: “မြောက်ဩစတြေးလျပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Territori del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Territory”
  • Central Kurdish: “خاکەکانی باکووری ئوسترالیا”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᏴᏢ ᎢᏗᏢ ᎿᎾ ᎨᏒ”
  • Chinese: “北領地”
  • Chinese: “北领地”
  • Corsican: “Territoriu di u Nordu”
  • Croatian: “Sjeverni teritorij”
  • Czech: “Severní teritorium”
  • Danish: “Northern Territory”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Erdê Zımey”
  • Dutch: “Noordelijk Territorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نورذارن تيرريتورى”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Teritorio”
  • Estonian: “Põhjaterritoorium”
  • Faroese: “Norðaru Øki”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Northern Territory”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoisterritorio”
  • French: “Territoire du Nord”
  • Galician: “Territorio do Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთი ტერიტორია”
  • German: “Nordterritorium”
  • German: “Northern Territory”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Επικράτεια”
  • Gujarati: “નધર્ન રીજન”
  • Hausa: “Arewacin Yankin”
  • Hawaiian: “Kelikoli ‘Ākau”
  • Hawaiian: “Kelikoli ʻĀkau”
  • Hebrew: “הטריטוריה הצפונית”
  • Hindi: “नॉर्थर्न टेरिटरी”
  • Hungarian: “Északi terület”
  • Hungarian: “Északi Terület”
  • Icelandic: “Norður-svæðið”
  • Icelandic: “Norðursvæðið”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Utara”
  • Irish: “Críoch an Tuaiscirt”
  • Italian: “Territorio del Nord”
  • Japanese: “ノーザンテリトリー”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Lor”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯ”
  • Kannada: “ಉತ್ತರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Территориясы”
  • Kirghiz: “Солтүстік Территориясы”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк аймак”
  • Korean: “노던 준주”
  • Latin: “Territorium Septentrionale”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļu teritorija”
  • Ligurian: “Teritöio do Nord”
  • Limburgan: “Nordelik Territorium”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurės teritorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Šiaurinė Teritorija”
  • Lombard: “Territori del Nord”
  • Luxembourgish: “Nërdlechen Territoire”
  • Macedonian: “Северна Територија”
  • Magahi: “उत्तरी प्रदेश”
  • Malagasy: “Northern Territory”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Utara”
  • Malayalam: “നോർത്തേൺ ടെറിട്ടറി”
  • Manx: “Thalloo yn Twoaie”
  • Maori: “Rohe ki te Raki”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-raki”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्दर्न टेरिटोरी”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्दर्न प्रदेश”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی سامون (استرالیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “شمالی سامون”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Báe̤k Liāng-tū”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Léng-tó͘”
  • Minangkabau: “Wilayah Utara”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე ტერიტორია (ავსტრალია)”
  • Mingrelian: “ოორუე ტერიტორია”
  • Mongolian: “Хойд Нутаг Дэвсгэр”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لأرض دالشمال”
  • Northern Frisian: “Northern Territory”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordterritoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordterritoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Nordterritoriet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Territòri del Nòrd”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþerne Landscipe”
  • Oromo: “Gida Kaasaa”
  • Ossetian: “Цæгат территори”
  • Pampanga: “Northern Territory”
  • Pampanga: “Pangulung Territorio”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ ਰਾਜਖੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “قلمرو شمالی”
  • Piemontese: “Teritòri dël Nòrd”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Northan Teritrii”
  • Polish: “Terytorium Północne”
  • Portuguese: “Território do Norte”
  • Pushto: “د اسټرالیا شمالي سیمه”
  • Pushto: “شمالي سیمه”
  • Romanian: “Teritoriul de Nord”
  • Romansh: “Territori dal Nord”
  • Russian: “Северная территория”
  • Samoan: “Teritori i Matu”
  • Sardinian: “Territòriu de su Norte”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Northern Territory”
  • Scots: “Northren Territory”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Ranntair a Tuath”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roinn-a-Tuath”
  • Serbian: “Северна територија”
  • Serbian: “Северна Територија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sjeverna teritorija”
  • Sindhi: “نادرن خطو”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු ප්‍රදේශය”
  • Sinhala: “උතුරු භූමිය”
  • Slovak: “Severné teritórium”
  • Slovenian: “Severno ozemlje”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Waqooyi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شومالی اوسترالیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوزئی اوستورالیا”
  • Spanish: “Territorio del Norte”
  • Swahili: “Northern Territory”
  • Swahili: “Territorio la Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Northern Territory”
  • Tagalog: “Hilagang Teritoryo”
  • Tagalog: “Northern Territory”
  • Tajik: “Худудҳои Шимолӣ”
  • Tamil: “வட ஆட்புலம்”
  • Tamil: “வட ஆள்புலம்”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк территория”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Территориясы”
  • Telugu: “ఉత్తర టెరిటరీ”
  • Thai: “นอร์เทิร์นเทร์ริทอรี”
  • Tok Pisin: “Noten Teritori”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Vahefonua Fakatokelau”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Bölgesi”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Toprakları”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна територія”
  • Urdu: “شمالی علاقہ”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoli Hududlar”
  • Venetian: “Northern Territory”
  • Venetian: “Teritorio Setentrional”
  • Vietnamese: “Lãnh thổ Bắc Úc”
  • Vietnamese: “Lãnh thổ Bắc”
  • Vlaams: “Nôordelik Territorium”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amihanan nga Teritoryo”
  • Welsh: “Tiriogaeth y Gogledd”
  • Western Frisian: “Noardlik Territoarium”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا تھاں”
  • Wu Chinese: “北领地（澳大利亚）”
  • Wu Chinese: “北领地”
  • Yakut: “Аустралия хотугу территорията”
  • Yue Chinese: “北領地”
  • “ma Ensi”

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