Aputula
Aputula (Finke) | |
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Aputula (Finke) Location in Northern Territory | |
| Coordinates: 25°34′52″S 134°34′40″E / 25.58111°S 134.57778°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Northern Territory |
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| Government | |
| • Territory electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 191 (2021) |
| Postcode | 0872 |
| Mean max temp | 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 5.6 °C (42.1 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 188.8 mm (7.43 in) |
Aputula, alternatively spelt Apatula (formerly Finke until the 1980s), is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is 317 km (197 mi) south of Alice Springs and 159 km (99 mi) east of Kulgera roadhouse on the Stuart Highway, near the border with South Australia. The Finke River (named after German explorer and pastoralist William Finke), runs within a few kilometres of the community. The river, which is part of the Lake Eyre basin, is dry for most of the year, but is subject to occasional floods.