Pipalyatjara
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Pipalyatjara South Australia |
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 Pipalyatjara
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| Coordinates | 26°9′46″S 129°10′12″E / 26.16278°S 129.17000°ECoordinates: 26°9′46″S 129°10′12″E / 26.16278°S 129.17000°E | ||||||||
| Population | 123 (2006 census) | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5710 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 652 m (2,139 ft) | ||||||||
| Location | 550 km (342 mi) southwest of Alice Springs | ||||||||
| LGA(s) | Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||
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Pipalyatjara is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands" (the others being Amata, Ernabella/Pukatja, Fregon/Kaltjiti, Indulkana and Mimili). At the 2016 Census, Pipalyatjara had a population of 189. The residents are mainly Anangu people who speak mainly Pitjantjatjara as their first language.
Pipalyatjara is situated approximately 550 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs on the Gunbarrel Highway (a rough, unsealed road). Pipalyatjara is approximately 30 kilometres from the junction of the South Australian, Western Australian and Northern Territory borders (known as the Surveyor-General's Corner). The community of Kalka is situated some 15 kilometres away (by road, on the north side of the mountain ridge to which Pipalyatjara lies to the south). Both communities are situated within the Tomkinson Ranges.
Based upon the climate records of the nearest weather station at Giles across the border and slightly to the northwest in Western Australia, Kalka experiences summer maximum temperatures of an average of 37.2 degrees Celsius in January and a winter maximum average temperature of 19.9 degrees Celsius in July. Overnight lows range from a mean minimum temperature of 23.5 degrees in January to 6.8 degrees in June.
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