What is Arnhem Land?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = region | name = Arnhem Land | state = nt | image = Arnhem land locator.png | image_upright = 0.81 | caption = Approximate location of Arnhem Land | pop = 16,230 | pop_year = 2007 | pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/6C2E0D5EB9791D50CA2574D50014B9A0/$File/13627_2008.pdf|title=Australian Demographic Statistics|author=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=2 October 2008|access-date=2008-06-24}}</ref> | area = 97000 | seat = | region = | stategov = [[Electoral division of Arafura|Arafura]], [[Electoral division of Nhulunbuy|Nhulunbuy]], [[Electoral division of Arnhem|Arnhem]] | fedgov = [[Division of Lingiari|Lingiari]] }} The '''Arnhem Land Region''' is one of the five regions of the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]]. It is in the north east corner of the territory and is about 500km from the territory capital [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]]. It has an area of 97,000 [[Square kilometre|km²]]. This area includes [[Kakadu National Park]]. About 16,230 people live in Arnhem Land. It was named by [[Matthew Flinders]] after the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ship [[Arnhem (ship)|''Arnhem'']], which explored the coast in 1623. ==Geography== [[Image:Kakadu 2803.jpg|thumb|left|Nanydjaka Cape Arnhem Coast]] Arnhem Land goes from [[Port Roper]] on the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] around the coast to the [[East Alligator River]] where it joins [[Kakadu National Park]]. The major towns are [[Jabiru, Northern Territory|Jabiru]] on the [[Kakadu National Park]] border, [[Maningrida, Northern Territory|Maningrida]] on the Liverpool River mouth, and [[Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory|Nhulunbuy]] (also known as [[Gove]]) in the far north east, on the [[Gove Peninsula]]. Gove is the site of large [[bauxite]] mine with an [[alumina]] refinery. Its administrative centre is the town of [[Nhulunbuy]], the fourth largest town in the Northern Territory. The [[climate]] of Arnhem Land is [[tropical]] [[monsoon]]