10,800
A 2010 estimate puts the population of Alice Springs at about 26,200.
With a population of 25,000 people, there are plenty of shops in Alice Springs - more than you will find in towns of comparable size. This is due in the most part to the remoteness of Alice Springs.
The closest city to Uluru/ Ayers Rock is Alice Springs, in central Australia. The population of Alice Springs, in 2006, was 23,892.
Alice Springs is 5' 1".
No. Alice Springs is in central Australia.
No. Alice Springs is a city in central Australia.
The terrain in Alice Springs is quite unique. The city sits on a flat plain in the middle of the low, knobbly range known as the Macdonnell Ranges. The contrast between the flatness of Alice Springs and the rounded hills of the ranges is quite stark. The soil in the area is red "bulldust", a fine, powdery soil.
Alice Springs is located east-northeast of Perth.
No. Alice Springs is the largest city - and the only city - in central Australia. It is not a capital.
Alice Springs is further south. Rockhampton and Alice Springs both lie on the Tropic of Capricorn, but Alice Springs is just very slightly further south.
There are no deserts in Alice Springs. Alice Springs is a large town in central Australia. The Simpson Desert stretches south from Alice Springs and extends into South Australia, as well as far western Queensland, so Alice Springs is on the northern end of the Simpson Desert.
Alice Springs is the city closest to the centre of Australia, but it is not one of the capital cities of Australia.