Belyuen, Northern Territory

Belyuen
Belyuen
Coordinates: 12°32′18″S 130°41′00″E / 12.5382°S 130.6832°E / -12.5382; 130.6832
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
LGA
Location
Established4 April 2007
Government
 • Territory electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total164 (2016 census)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode
0822
Mean max temp32.0 °C (89.6 °F)
Mean min temp23.2 °C (73.8 °F)
Annual rainfall1,725.1 mm (67.92 in)
Localities around Belyuen
Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula
Cox Peninsula Belyuen Cox Peninsula
Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula
Locations
Adjoining localities

Belyuen, formerly known as Delissaville, is a community in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Cox Peninsula about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of the territorial capital of Darwin.

Belyuen consists of land under the control of the Belyuen Aboriginal community council. It is named after the Aboriginal community that was established with the name Delissaville, but changed in 1975 to Belyuen, which is the name of a "nearby waterhole". Belyuen is classified as a community rather than as a locality because this is the standard Northern Territory Government description given to administrative areas that were established around the existing Aboriginal communities in 2007. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.

The 2016 Australian census, conducted in August 2016, reports that Belyuen had 164 people living within its boundaries.

Belyuen is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and the local government area of the Belyuen Shire.