Ki Ki, South Australia
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Ki Ki is a small village on the Dukes Highway
Dukes Highway
The Dukes Highway is an important 189 kilometre highway corridor in South Australia which links the Australian cities of Adelaide and Melbourne. It is part of the National Highway system spanning Australia, and is signed as National Highway A8....

 (A8), the main link between Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

 and Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. It has a small post office, parking bay, town hall, engineering business "Ki Ki Engineering" and is surrounded by large pastoral properties. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Ki Ki had a population of 193.

The Congregational Church was built in 1910 and closed in 1969.

Australian Rules Footballer Martin Mattner
Martin Mattner
Martin Mattner is an Australian rules football who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. He was traded to Sydney from the Adelaide Crows in October 2007 in exchange for Draft pick number 28....

 grew up in the town.

Sporting club

Ki Ki has an active tennis club, which belongs to the Border-Downs Tennis Association.

Surrounding communities

North: Yumali
Yumali, South Australia
Yumali is a very small country town in South Australia 162km southeast of Adelaide on the Dukes Highway . Yumali belongs to the The Coorong District Council and is in the State electorate of Hammond and the Federal electorate of Barker....

, Coomandook
Coomandook, South Australia
Coomandook is a settlement about east-southeast of Adelaide on Dukes Highway in South Australia. The nearest place with a larger population is Coonalpyn, which is away, with a population of around 230....

, Cooke Plains
West: Malinong & Meningie
Meningie, South Australia
Meningie is a town on the southeast side of Lake Albert in South Australia. It is on the Princes Highway near The Coorong and was surveyed in 1866. At the 2006 census, Meningie had a population of 940....

Ki Ki East: Peake
Peake, South Australia
Peake is a small rural community in South Australia situated along the Mallee Highway , approximately 150km east of Adelaide. At the 2006 census, Peake had a population of 231.-History:...

, Geranium
Geranium, South Australia
Geranium is a settlement in South Australia. At the 2006 census, Geranium had a population of 240....

, Parrakie
Parrakie, South Australia
Parrakie, South Australia is a small town found along the Mallee Highway approximately 26 kilometres west of Lameroo. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word perki which means cave or limestone sink hole....

, Lameroo
Lameroo, South Australia
Lameroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Mallee Highway about 40 km west of the Victorian border, or 210 km east of Adelaide. It is primarily a service town for the surrounding rural areas, growing grain and sheep...

South: Coonalpyn
Coonalpyn, South Australia
Coonalpyn is a small town in South Australia southeast of Adelaide on the Dukes Highway . Coonalpyn belongs to the The Coorong District Council and is in the State electorate of MacKillop and the Federal electorate of Barker.-Origin of the name:...

, Culburra
Culburra, South Australia
Culburra is a settlement in South Australia.population around 10. At the 2006 census, Culburra had a population of 304....

, Tintinara
Tintinara, South Australia
Tintinara is a town in South Australia on Dukes Highway and the Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. It is in the The Coorong District Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly Electoral district of MacKillop and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Barker...

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