South Australia

Adelaide

South Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent

a total land area - 983,482 sq.km

it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two mainland territories.

Adelaide - is the capital city of South Australia

-the fifth-largest city in Australia

- According to the 2011 census, Adelaide has a population of 1.23 million.

Adelaidespouse of William IV of the United Kingdom

Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV.

The city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province in Australia.

Adelaide

The city stretches 20 km from the coast to the foothills, and 90 km from Gawler at its northern extent to Sellicks Beach in the south

Adelaide is a planned city, designed by the first surveyor-general of South Australia, Colonel William Light. His plan, now known as Light's Vision, arranged Adelaide in a grid.

Adelaide

One dot represents 100 persons born in theUK (dark blue),Greece (light blue),China (red),Italy (light green),Germany (orange),Lebanon (purple) andVietnam (yellow),

based on 2006 Census

Overseas-born Adelaideans composed 23.7% (262,367) of the total population.

Over half of the population of Adelaide identifies as Christian, with the largest denominations being Catholic (21.3%), Anglican (12.6%), Uniting Church (7.6%) and Eastern Orthodox (3.5%).

Adelaide FestivalThe Adelaide Festival of Arts is an arts festival held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. It is one of the world's greatest celebrations of the arts, and is internationally famous and the great cultural event in Australia

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