Kaṉpi is an

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community in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in

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. It is located about south of the

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border at the base of the

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. The nearby town of

Nyapari Nyapaṟi is an Aboriginal community in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia. It is located about south of the Northern Territory border at the base of the Mann Ranges. The nearby community of Kanpi is to the wes ...

is to the east. Kaṉpi is part of the Murputja Homelands, which also includes the family outstations Angatja and Umpukulu. The residents are mostly

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people with their

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nearby. The settlement started as an outstation for the Baker family, who moved here from other parts on the APY lands to be closer to the country of their ancestors. Because both Kaṉpi and nearby Nyapaṟi are small communities, there are only basic services and most of them are shared between the two towns. In Kaṉpi there is a workshop, a garage, a day care centre and an art centre. It also has a community store, built in 1996, which has a pump for

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. Food and supplies are delivered once every two weeks. The store services both Kaṉpi and Nyapaṟi, as well as nearby outstations. Local health services are based at the clinic in Nyapaṟi. Both Kaṉpi and Nyapaṟi had their own schools from 1987, but these joined in 1993. The new school, Murputja Education Centre, was built between the two communities, east of Kaṉpi and 6 km west of Nyapaṟi.

Population

As of 2011, the population of Kaṉpi is 113.Population 2011 Census
Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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