Tulka is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula overlooking the western end of the body of water known as Port Lincoln and which is located 259 kilometres (161 miles) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) west of the city of Port Lincoln.[3]

Tulka South Australia
Tulka
Coordinates	34°47′43″S 135°47′55″E[1]
Population	126 (2016 census)[2]
Established	2003[1]
Postcode(s)	5607[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	259 km (161 mi) W of Adelaide[3] 10 km (6 mi) W of Port Lincoln[3]
LGA(s)	District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula[1]
Region	Eyre Western[4]
County	Flinders[4]
State electorate(s)	Flinders[5]
Federal division(s)	Grey[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 21.2 °C 70 °F 11.3 °C 52 °F 383.2 mm 15.1 in
Suburbs around Tulka: Uley Duck Ponds Port Lincoln Uley Tulka Port Lincoln (water body) Sleaford Sleaford Port Lincoln (water body)
Footnotes	Location[3] Adjoining localities[1]

The boundaries of the locality were created in October 2003 for the “long established name.” The boundary with the locality of Sleaford was altered in both 2006 and 2011.[1][8]

Land use within Tulka includes both agriculture and conservation with the latter being represented by the Lincoln Conservation Park. Land use is subject to statutory control in order to manage the aquifer system existing within Tulka and adjoining localities.[9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Duck Ponds had a population of 126 people.[2]

Tulka is located within the federal Division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.[1][5][6]

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