location

The region is located in the northern part of the State extending   in the

to Lake in the east, from the coast to south of the Great Northern


Highway. It covers about 1421,000 square kilometres slightly larger than Japan and much larger


than. It is bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the

north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy Desert, and on the east by the Northern



Territory.    The only three towns with a population of more than 52,000 , and the total population is only

around 125,000.    The region has a young population relative to and Western . The median

age of the population is 28 years compared to 34 years for the State.