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Tanami East, Northern Territory
Tanami East is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 510 kilometres (320 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3] The locality consists of the following land in the north eastern portion of the Tanami Desert - the Karlantijpa North Aboriginal Land Trust, the Murranji Aboriginal Land Trust and the Murranji pastoral lease.[10][11] It has an area of 52,842 square kilometres (20,402 sq mi).[4] Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][1] The Adelaide-Darwin Railway passes from south to north through parts of the eastern side of the locality.[8] Tanami East includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Murranji Track, the Murranji Track, Murranji Bore & Waterhole and the Murranji Track, No. 11 Bore.[12][13][14] The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Tanami East had 33 people living within its boundaries.[2] Tanami East is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[6][5][9] References
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