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Canberra

Australia and New Zealand

Canberra is the capital city of Australia, purpose built as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne following federation. Designed by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin around the artificial Lake Burley Griffin, it houses Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial and the nation's principal cultural institutions. It is Australia's eighth-largest city by population.

Facts
Population
484,630 1
June 2025 estimate, from Canberra's own Wikipedia infobox.
Area (sq km)
2358 1
Founding Year
1913 1
12 March 1913 is the day the city was formally named and its foundation stone laid, the date the infobox itself gives.
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
578 2
Latitude
35.2931 degrees south 1
Longitude
149.1269 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+10:00 3
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Capital Of

Australia, Countries

Canberra is the capital of Australia.

Source Canberra (Wikipedia)
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Australian National University

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Source Australian National University (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.
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Source Australian National University (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
located in Canberra, the capital of Australia
Sources
1. Canberra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    With an estimated population of 484,630 as of 2025, Canberra is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city by population.
  • Infobox, area
    2,358 km2 (910 sq mi)
  • Infobox, coordinates
    35°17′35″S 149°07′37″E
  • Article text
    The capital city was founded and formally named as Canberra in 1913.
  • Introduction
    Canberra is the capital city of Australia.
  • In Group: Cities of Australia and New Zealand (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Canberra (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 578 m
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3. GeoNames: Canberra - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2172517
    -35.28346 149.12807 P PPLC AU 01 367752 571 Australia/Sydney
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 571 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -35.25, 149.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -35.25, 149.25
-35.25 149.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Canberra
Wikidata Q3114, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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