Alice Springs

city in the Northern Territory, Australia
Place town Q17872
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Summary

Alice Springs is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 0.011% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,154 views/month, #1 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Northern Territory[3], Town of Alice Springs[4]
  • Country: Australia[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Todd River[6]
  • Named after: Alice Gillam Bell[7]
  • Postal code: 0870–0872[8]
  • Part of: Central Australia[9]
  • Commons category: Alice Springs, Northern Territory[10]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+09:30[11]
  • Inception: 1872[12]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Red Centre[13], MacDonnell Ranges[14]
  • Official website: http://www.alicesprings.nt.gov.au/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Alice Springs[16]
  • Commons gallery: Alice Springs[17]
  • Population: 23,726[18], 31,120[19], 24,855[20]
  • Capital of: Town of Alice Springs[21], Central Desert Region[22], MacDonnell Region[23]
  • Official name: Alice Springs[24]
  • Category for people born here: Q18729194[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Alice Springs, Northern Territory[26]
  • Native label: Alice Springs[27]
  • Elevation above sea level: 576 m[28]
  • Area: 149 km²[29]
  • Köppen climate classification: hot desert climate[30]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Alice Springs include Alice Springs Airport[31], an airport[32], in Australia[33].

Why It Matters

Alice Springs has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include Alice Springs Airport[31], an airport[32], in Australia[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . findagrave.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2016. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Australian Statistical Geography Standard 2021. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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