What is the population of Yulara, Northern Territory?

Yulara has a population of approximately 853 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Yulara, Northern Territory located?

Yulara is located in Northern Territory, Australia, at approximate coordinates -25.2410°, 130.9869°.

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Yulara

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Yulara

Total population

853

Founded

1984

Air quality index

21Good

Elevation492 m

Land area103.1 km²

Coordinates-25.24°, 130.99°

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City facts

Founded

1984

Elevation

492 m

Area

103.1 km²

Time zone

UTC+09:30

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Overview

Yulara is a town in the southern region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It is an unincorporated enclave within the MacDonnell Region. At the 2016 census, Yulara had a permanent population of 1,099, in an area of 103.33 square kilometres (39.90 sq mi). It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) by road from the World Heritage Site of Uluru, and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Kata Tjuta. It is in the Northern Territory electorate of Gwoja and the federal electorate of Lingiari.

History & geography

History

By the early 1970s, the pressure of unstructured and unregulated tourism, including motels near the base of Uluru (Ayers Rock), was having detrimental effects on the environment in the area of both Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Following the recommendation of a Senate Select Committee, which was to remove all developments near the base of the rock, and build a new resort to support tourism in the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, the Commonwealth Government agreed in 1973 to relocate accommodation facilities to a new site outside the park. On 10 August 1976, the Governor General proclaimed the new town of Yulara, some from Uluru. When the new facilities became fully operational in late 1984, the Commonwealth Government terminated all the leases for the old motels near the Rock, and the area was rehabilitated by the National Park Service (now called Parks Australia). Around the same time, the national park was renamed Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa, and its ownership was transferred to the local Indigenous people, who leased it back to the Parks Australia for 99 years. There were originally three competing hotels, but that detracted from the viability of the whole enterprise, with the company (and, indirectly, the government) incurring massive operating losses. Between 1990 and 1992, the competing hotel operators were replaced by a single operator, the government-owned Investnorth Management Pty Ltd. In 1992, the government sold, through open tender, a 40% interest in the Yulara Development Company and, therefore, the resort, to a venture capital consortium. In 1997, the entire resort was again sold by open tender to General Property Trust, which appointed Voyages Hotels & Resorts as operator. Voyages operated all aspects of the resort, with the exception of the post office. Almost all…

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