Darwin, Northren Territory

Darwin is the caipital ceety o the Northren Territory, Australie. Situatit on the Timor Sea, Darwin haes a population o 127,500, makin it bi far the lairgest an maist populatit ceety in the spairsely populatit Northren Territory, but the least populous o aw Australie's caipital ceeties. It is the smawest an maist northerly o the Australian caipital ceeties, an acts as the Top End's regional centre.

Darwin
Owerleukin the CBD 2015
Darwin
Coordinates	12°27′0″S 130°50′0″E
Population	127,532 (2010) (16t)
• Density	926/km2 (2,400/sq mi) (2008)
Established	1869
Aurie	112.01 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Mayor	Katrina Fong Lim
Location	3,034 km (1,885 mi) frae Adelaide 4,042 km (2,512 mi) frae Perth 3,433 km (2,133 mi) from Brisbane 3,969 km (2,466 mi) from Canberra 3,350 km (2,082 mi) from Singapore
LGA(s)	Darwin, Palmerston, Litchfield
Coonty	Palmerston County
State electorate(s)	Port Darwin (an 14 ithers)
Federal Diveesion(s)	Solomon
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfaw 32.0 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,740.2 mm 68.5 in

Darwin haes grown frae a pioneer ootpost an sma port intae ane o Australie's maist modren an multicultural ceeties. Its proximity tae Asie makes it an important Australian gateway tae kintras such as Indonesie an East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, endin at Port Augusta in Sooth Australie.

The ceety itself is biggit on a law bluff owerleukin the harbour. Its suburbs spread oot ower some aurie, beginnin at Lee Point in the north an stretchin tae Berrimah in the east—past Berrimah, the Stuart Highway goes on tae Darwin's satellite ceety, Palmerston, an its suburbs.