Alice Springs

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human settlement town

Alice Springs is a remote town in Australia’s Northern Territory, known as a gateway to the Red Centre and nearby landmarks such as Uluru and Kings Canyon.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Red Centre 1
Town of Alice Springs 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
annualRainfallApproximate around 280 mm ⓘ
averageMaximumTemperatureSummer around 35–40 °C ⓘ
averageMinimumTemperatureWinter around 0–5 °C ⓘ
climateType hot desert climate ⓘ
connectedByHighway Stuart Highway ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceToAdelaide about 1500 km by road ⓘ
distanceToDarwin about 1500 km by road ⓘ
establishedAsTown 19th century ⓘ
federalElectorate Lingiari ⓘ
hasAirport Alice Springs Airport ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mparntwe ⓘ
The Alice ⓘ
hasAttraction Alice Springs Desert Park ⓘ
Araluen Arts Centre ⓘ
Royal Flying Doctor Service museum ⓘ
School of the Air ⓘ
Simpsons Gap (nearby) ⓘ
MacDonnell Ranges ⓘ
surface form: West MacDonnell Ranges (nearby)
hasImportantFacility Pine Gap (nearby US–Australia joint defence facility) ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentArea Alice Springs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Town of Alice Springs
hasPostcode 0870 ⓘ
hasRailwayService The Ghan ⓘ
hasSignificantIndigenousCommunity Arrernte people ⓘ
isAdministrativeCentreOf Central Australia ⓘ
surface form: Central Australia region (informal)
isGatewayTo Kings Canyon ⓘ
Red Centre ⓘ
Uluru ⓘ
isRemote true ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Territory ⓘ
Central Australia ⓘ
surface form: central Australia
locatedInDesertRegion Central Desert ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Australian Central Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Todd River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity defence ⓘ
government services ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
namedAfter Alice Todd ⓘ
populationApproximate around 25,000 to 30,000 inhabitants ⓘ
region Outback ⓘ
territoryElectorate Araluen ⓘ
Braitling ⓘ
Brennan ⓘ
traditionalOwners Arrernte people ⓘ
UTCOffset +09:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Australia → contains → Alice Springs ⓘ
Northern Territory → hasCity → Alice Springs ⓘ
Alice Springs → hasLocalGovernmentArea → Alice Springs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Town of Alice Springs
Northern Territory → hasRegion → Alice Springs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Red Centre
Devils Marbles → locatedBetween → Alice Springs ⓘ
Central Australia → majorTown → Alice Springs ⓘ
MacDonnell Ranges → nearestCity → Alice Springs ⓘ
Kings Canyon → nearestMajorCity → Alice Springs ⓘ
Yulara → nearestMajorTown → Alice Springs ⓘ