The West Arnhem Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia and is administered by the West Arnhem Regional Council.

The region covers an area of 49,675 square kilometres (19,180 sq mi) and had a population of 6,902 in June 2018.

The intention of the reform was to improve and expand the delivery of services to towns and communities across the Northern Territory by establishing eleven new shires.

As of 2017 the Mayor of the West Arnhem Shire was Matthew Ryan.

[2] The Region formerly consisted of unincorporated land, plus small areas under the control of Community Government Councils or incorporated communities: West Arnhem Regional Council is divided into four wards with three councillors each: Land within the West Arnhem Region was divided during 2007 into bounded areas for the purpose of creating an address for a property.