Territorio del Norte (Australia)

"El Territorio del Norte (en inglés: Northern Territory)? es un territorio federal de Australia. Al oeste limita con Australia Occidental, al sur con Australia Meridional, y al este con Queensland. Al norte está bañado por el mar de Timor, el mar de Arafura y el golfo de Carpentaria. Es el menos poblado de todos los territorios y estados de Australia. Su capital es Darwin. Otras ciudades importantes son Palmerston, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek y Nhulunbuy, a grandes líneas ubicadas en el eje determinado por la autopista Stuart, que termina en Puerto Augusta en el estado de Australia Meridional. Los residentes del Territorio del Norte son conocidos como territorianos, o más raramente como centralianos."

"The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. It shares borders with Western Australia to the west (129th meridian east), South Australia to the south (26th parallel south), and Queensland to the east (138th meridian east). To the north, the territory is bordered by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Despite its large areaover 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third largest Australian federal divisionit is sparsely populated. The Northern Territory's population of 244,000 (2016) makes it the least populous of Australia's eight major states and territories, having fewer than half as many people as Tasmania. The archaeological history of the Northern Territory begins over 40,000 years ago when Indigenous Australians settled the region. Makassan traders began trading with the indigenous people of the Northern Territory for trepang from at least the 18th century onwards. The coast of the territory was first seen by Europeans in the 17th century. The British were the first Europeans to attempt to settle the coastal regions. After three failed attempts to establish a settlement (18241828, 18381849, and 186466), success was achieved in 1869 with the establishment of a settlement at Port Darwin. Today the economy is based on tourism, especially Kakadu National Park in the Top End and the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock) in central Australia, and mining. The capital and largest city is Darwin. The population is not concentrated in coastal regions but rather along the Stuart Highway. The other major settlements are (in order of size) Palmerston, Alice Springs, Katherine, Nhulunbuy, and Tennant Creek. Residents of the Northern Territory are often known simply as 'Territorians' and fully as 'Northern Territorians', or more informally as 'Top Enders' and 'Centralians'."