Barkly Region
Barkly Region | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| Region | Barkly Tableland | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Tennant Creek | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Sid Vashit | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 322,713 km2 (124,600 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 7,392 (2018) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0229058/km2 (0.059326/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Barkly Region | ||||||||||||
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The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek. The region covers an area of 322,713 square kilometres (124,600 sq mi) and had a population of almost 7,400 as at June 2018.