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Ngankiritja
Northern Territoryhamlet
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Ngankiritja sits in Northern Territory, Australia and is identified as a hamlet. Its coordinates of -23.465°, 131.880° place it in the tropical zone of the southern hemisphere. Up-to-date population figures for this locality are not available in the open datasets we monitor. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,282 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 89% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Central Australian Rock RatZyzomys pedunculatus (Waite, 1896) · Mammalia20
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves12
- Willie-wagtailRhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves10
- Singing HoneyeaterGavicalis virescens (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves10
- Fat-tailed false antechinusPseudantechinus macdonnellensis (Spencer, 1896) · Mammalia9
- Crested PigeonOcyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves9
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) · Aves8
- Crested BellbirdOreoica gutturalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves8
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.1 — 2026-05-21220 km WNW of Larapinta, Australia
- M 2.8 — 2006-06-15223 km WNW of Larapinta, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Northern Territory
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org