    yulara () is an isolated town in the southern region of the northern territory, australia. it lies as an unincorporated enclave within macdonnell region. at the 2011 census, yulara had a population of 887. on an area of 103.33&nbsp;kmÂ². more than three-quarters of the residents of yulara are from either overseas or another australian state . the name is derived from local aboriginal words for howling and dingos.  it is 18&nbsp;km by road from world heritage site uluru (ayers rock) and 55&nbsp;km from kata tjuta (the olgas). it is located in the northern territory electorate of namatjira and the federal electorate of lingiari. ==history== in early 1970, the pressure of unstructured and unmonitored tourism including motels near the base of uluru (ayers rock) was having detrimental effects on the environment surrounding uluru and kata tjuta. following the recommendations of a (commonwealth) senate select committee to remove all developments near the base of the rock and build a new resort outside of the boundaries of the national park to support tourism to the uluru-kata tjuta national park, commonwealth government agreed in 1973 to relocate accommodation facilities to a new site. in 1976, the governor general proclaimed the new town of yulara, some 14 kilometres from the rock.  after the northern territory was granted self government in 1978, development of the new town became a major priority of the northern territory government. between 1978 and 1981, basic infrastructure (roads, water supply etc.) was built via the governm
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