Alyangula

Alyangula
State :  Australia State : Northern Territory
Coordinates : 13 ° 58 ′  S , 136 ° 27 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 58 ′  S , 136 ° 27 ′  E Area : 2.1  km²
Residents : 873 (2016) Population density : 416 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30) LGA : East Arnhem Shire
Alyangula

Alyangula is an Aboriginal settlement on Groote Eylandt , about 600 kilometers east of Darwin and about 40 kilometers from mainland Australia in the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory , Australia . The place is a miners' settlement with about 900 inhabitants.

Facilities

The Alyangula Area School and the Alyangula Health Clinic are located in the village .

Alyngula has a police station with 14 police officers who are responsible for around 4,000 people in Angurugu , Umbakumba , Milyakburra and Numbulwar . Police reach Milyaburra, a settlement on Bickerton Island , by either airplanes or boats. Numbulwar on mainland Australia is visited on three days a month. With the exception of Alyangula, Umbakumba and various areas on the east coast of Groote Eylandt, there is a ban on alcohol, which is monitored by the police.

tourism

There is a runway served by Airnorth Regional and Vincent Aviation airlines.

The Alyngula area is home to Dugong Beach Resort and a golf course.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Alyangula ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Accessed March 5, 2020.
2. ↑ directory.ntschools.net ( memento of April 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive ): Alyangula Area School , in English, accessed on January 27, 2013
3. ↑ pfes.nt.gov.au ( memento of April 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ): Alyangula , in English, accessed on January 27, 2013