Umuwa

Umuwa
South Australia

Umuwa

Coordinates

26°27′55″S 132°2′32″E / 26.46528°S 132.04222°ECoordinates: 26°27′55″S 132°2′32″E / 26.46528°S 132.04222°E

Population

50 (?; est.)

Established

1991

Postcode(s)

5710

Location

250 km (155 mi) northwest of Marla
460 km (286 mi) southwest of Alice Springs

LGA(s)

Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
37.1 °C ^{99 °F}	5.0 °C ^{41 °F}	222.6 mm ^{8.8 in}

Umuwa is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, serving as an administrative centre for the six main communities on "The Lands" (the others being Amata, Pipalyatjara, Pukatja/Ernabella, Fregon/Kaltjiti, Indulkana and Mimili), as well as the outlying communities.

Umuwa is located approximately 250 km north-west of Marla and 460 km south west of Alice Springs.

Based upon the climate records of the nearest weather station at Marla Police Station, Umuwa experiences summer maximum temperatures of an average of 37.1 degrees Celsius in January and a winter maximum average temperature of 19.7 degrees Celsius in June. Overnight lows range from a mean minimum temperature of 21.8 degrees in January to 5.0 degrees in June.

Annual rainfall averages 222.6 millimetres.

Approximately 80 people live at Umuwa. Plus JTM

Umuwa was established in 1991 as the administrative centre for the APY Lands.

The Hon Robert Lawson MLC, a member of the South Australian Parliament Standing Committee on Aboriginal Lands, on 1 June 2004 in the South Australian Legislative Council referred to Umuwa as the "Canberra of the Lands". It appears that Umuwa, by proportion of population, relatively recent history of establishment and tendency for administration to be centred there, is modelled on the Canberra style establishment of a capital for the Lands.

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