Darwin
Also known as Garramilla, Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, Darwin, Australia
capital del Territorio del Norte, Australia
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Darwin is the capital city of Australia's Northern Territory, located in the tropical north of the country. It serves as the administrative and economic center for the region, making it an important hub for northern Australia's development and governance.
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Place details
- Locality
- Darwin
- Region
- Northern Territory
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 139,902
Travel guide
Understand
thumb|A Map of Darwin Darwin has a relaxed lifestyle and unique multiculturalism, where people from over 50 different cultures live and work side by side. The regular Asian-style markets form an intrinsic part of the everyday Darwin landscape, for local residents see food, music, language, and culture from just about every Asian nation, alongside "crocodile hunters", local Aboriginal artists, musicians of every genre, sports fishing operators, sunset sails, and families with children playing on the beach. Darwin's unique cosmopolitan makeup has been recognised as a "multicultural icon of national significance" by the Australian National Trust.
Darwin's tropical climate has two major seasons: the "dry", from about May to October, and the "wet", from November to April. There is also the "build up", the time from the end of the dry, leading into the wet when the humidity rises, but the rain doesn't fall. The arrival of the wet is always a welcome break from the buildup.
Major cyclones have occurred approximately once every three decades. Much of the city was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. More recent cyclones have not been as dangerous, and building codes and emergency procedures have improved since then.
Darwin is also the only Australian capital city to have come under substantial attack during a war. On 19 February 1942, Japanese planes made two major air raids on Darwin from the aircraft carrier fleet that had attacked Pearl Harbor less than 3 months earlier. These w…
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thumb|Aerial Shot of Darwin City
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thumb|Darwin International Airport thumb|Darwinbus services in the CBD
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Automatic Teller Machines are available extensively. Foreign exchange is available at most banks.
Eat
Darwin’s downtown dining hub encompasses Mitchell and Knuckey Streets and is brimming with restaurants, cafes and pubs. Dinner in Darwin can be classy or casual, but always relaxed. For breakfast, Café Uno serves a tasty toasted avocado, tomato and cheese croissant, and coffee lovers should head to Café 21 in the mall. For something a little different, try the coconut loaf with lemon curd at Roma Bar or French toast with maple syrup and bacon at Ducks Nuts Bar and Grill.
Article · Español
Darwin es la capital y ciudad más poblada del Territorio del Norte, Australia. Situada junto al mar de Timor, se encuentra en la costa septentrional del país y cuenta con una población de 120 652 habitantes (2006), convirtiéndose así en la mayor ciudad del escasamente poblado Territorio del Norte pero en la menos poblada de todas las ciudades capitales australianas. Es asimismo la más septentrional de las capitales australianas y funciona como el centro regional del conocido como Top End. Con el paso del tiempo, Darwin ha pasado de ser un enclave pionero y pequeño puerto de Australia a una de las ciudades más modernas y multiculturales de Australia. Su proximidad con Asia hace de la ciudad una importante puerta de entrada a Australia de países como Indonesia y Timor Oriental. La autopista Stuart comienza en Darwin y termina en Port Augusta, Australia Meridional. La ciudad cuenta con una base naval de la armada australiana. La ciudad en sí está construida sobre un acantilado con vistas al puerto. Sus suburbios comienzan en Lee Point en el norte y se extiende a Berrimah en el este. Junto a Berrimah se encuentra la autopista Stuart, que conecta a Darwin, la ciudad satélite de Palmerston y sus suburbios con el Sur del país. La región, como el resto del Top End, posee un clima tropical con temporadas diferenciadas entre estaciones lluviosas y secas. Recibe una importante cantidad de precipitación durante la estación lluviosa y la zona es conocida por sus espectaculares rayos. Los habitantes originales del área del Gran Darwin son el pueblo indígena . El 9 de septiembre de 1839, el HMS Beagle llegó al puerto de Darwin durante su estudio de la zona. El oficial John Clements Wickham llamó a la región «Puerto de Darwin» en honor a Charles Darwin. La ciudad fue reconstruida por completo en dos ocasiones, la primera debido al bombardeo de Darwin por parte del Imperio japonés durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la otra tras el paso del en 1974. En la actualidad es una de las más modernas ciudades a escala nacional.
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