Wastren Austrailie
Appearance
| Wastren Australie | |||||
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| Slogan or elk-name | The Wildflower State; The Golden State | ||||
Ither Australie states an territories | |||||
| Coordinates | 26°S 121°E / 26°S 121°E | ||||
| Caipital ceety | Perth | ||||
| Demonym | Western Australian, West Australian, Sandgroper (colloquial) | ||||
| Govrenment | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| • Govrenor | Kerry Sanderson | ||||
| • Premier | Colin Barnett (LP) | ||||
| Australie state | |||||
| • Established (as the Swan River Colony) | 2 Mey 1829 | ||||
| • Responsible govrenment | 21 October 1890 | ||||
| • Federation | 1 Januar 1901 | ||||
| • Australie Act | 3 Mairch 1986 | ||||
| Aurie | |||||
| • Total | 2,645,615 km² (1st) 1,021,478 sq mi | ||||
| • Laund | 2,529,875 km² 976,790 sq mi | ||||
| • Watter | 115,740 km² (4.37%) 44,687 sq mi | ||||
| Population (Mar 2016)[1] | |||||
| • Population | 2,613,700 (4th) | ||||
| • Densitie | 0.99/km² (7t) 2.6 /sq mi | ||||
| Elevation | |||||
| • Heichest point | Mount Meharry 1,249 m (4,098 ft) | ||||
| Gross state product (2014-15) | |||||
| • Product ($m) | $214,230[2] (4th) | ||||
| • Product per caipita | $82,140 (1st) | ||||
| Time zone(s) | UTC+8 (AWST) | ||||
| Federal representation | |||||
| • Hoose seats | 16/150 | ||||
| • Senate seats | 12/76 | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| • Postal | WA | ||||
| • ISO 3166-2 | AU-WA | ||||
| Emblems | |||||
| • Floral | Reid-an-green or Mangles kangaroo paw (Anigozanthos manglesii) | ||||
| • Ainimal | Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) | ||||
| • Bird | Black swan (Cygnus atratus) | ||||
| • Fish | Whaul shairk | ||||
| • Fossil | Gogo fish (Mcnamaraspis kaprios) | ||||
| • Colours | Black an gowd | ||||
| Wabsteid | www | ||||
Wastren Australie or Wastren Austrailie (Inglis: Western Australia) is a state o Australie, occupeein the entire wastren third o the Australian continent. Australie's lairgest state an the seicont lairgest subnaitional entity in the warld, it haes 2.2 million indwallers (10% o the naitional tot), 85% o wham live in the sooth-wast corner o the state.
The state's caipital ceety is Perth. The fowk o Wastren Australie are colloquially referred tae as sandgropers, the common name o an insect foond on saund dunes aroond Perth.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "3101.0 – Australian Demographic Statistics, Mar 2016". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ "Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2012–13". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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