The Northern Territory is located in northern Australia, and comprises the Alice Springs Town Council area, the Barkly Regional Council area, the Belyuen Community Government Council area, the Central Desert Regional Council area, the Coomalie Community Government Council area, the City of Darwin, the East Arnhem Regional Council area, the Katherine Town Council area, the Litchfield Council area, the MacDonnell Regional Council area, the City of Palmerston, the Roper Gulf Regional Council area, the Tiwi Islands Regional Council area, the Victoria Daly Regional Council area, Wagait Shire, the West Arnhem Regional Council area, the West Daly Regional Council area and Unincorporated Northern Territory. The Northern Territory encompasses a total land area of 1.35 million square kilometres. The Northern Territory is predominantly rural, with major townships at Alice Springs and Darwin. There are several smaller townships including Katherine, Nhulunbuy, Palmerston, Tennant Creek and Yulara. The area is home to numerous indigenous communities, many of whom live in remote areas. A significant proportion of the Northern Territory is Aboriginal freehold land. Much of the Northern Territory is used for pastoral purposes (mainly beef cattle farming), with some mining, defence, horticulture and fishing. Tourism is a major industry, with many small islands and natural features, including creeks, gorges, waterfalls, rainforests, wetlands, caves and canyons.

NOTE: The land use shown in the map is derived from ABS Mesh Block categories. Mesh Blocks broadly identify land use and are not designed to provide definitive land use. It is purely an indicator of the main planned land use for a Mesh Blocks. For more information please refer to ABS Mesh Block categories.