20 Facts About Perth

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• JATIN SINGH

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Tables Of Content

• About Perth
• 20 Important facts about Perth
• Source

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About Perth

• Perth is the capital and biggest city of Western
  Australia. It is the fourth-most crowded city in
  Australia.
• The city is a part of the South West Land
  Division of West Australia, with most of the
  metropolitan territory of Perth situated on the
  Swan Coastal Plain, a limited strip between the
  Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp, a low beach
  front slope.

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20 Important facts About Perth

• Perth has the largest inner-city park in the
  whole world. King's Park spans 4.06 km, piping
  New York's Central Park at 3.41 km.
• Perth has the most consistent wind of any
  Australia Capital. The Freo Doctor is the term
  for the cooling afternoon sea breeze which occurs
  during Summer Months

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• Perth has the highest population per capita of
  self made millionaires in the world
• Perth houses the oldest operating mint in
  Australia in Hay Street, it's original premises.
• The Olympic medals used in the Sydney 2000
  Olympics were forged in Perth.

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• A few thousand years ago, it was possible to
  walk to Rottnest Island on foot because it was
  attached to the mainland. Today it is a 25 minute
  ferry ride.
• Perth is the sunniest capital city in the world,
  with an average 8 hours per day sunshine 365
  days per year. 
• Perth has more cars and road space per capita
  than any place on earth.

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• Perth is the only city in the world where an
  aircraft can land in the central business
  district. 
• Perth was nominated by U.S astronauts as the
  'City' of Lights' - as it stood out as the bright
  spot on earth
• The Perth to Singapore air route is the 4th
  busiest international route in Australia.

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• Perth is closer to Jakarta (3007 km), the
  capital city of Indonesia, than Australia's own
  capital city, Canberra (3905 km)
• Perth is widely known to be the most isolated
  capital city in the world but in fact it is the
  second most isolated, after Honolulu.
• Travelling around Perth City on buses is free
  by staying in the Free Transit Zone or using the
  free CAT buses. Think free bus travel within the
  zone from Orchard Road to Bugis.

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• The longest name for a place in or near Perth
  is Ngangaguringguring Hill. It doesn't return a
  result on Google Maps but it exists.
• Perth has more Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
  listed companies (830) headquartered in its city
  than any other capital city in Australia
• Perth houses the largest oil refinery in
  Australia in the heavy industrial area of
  Kwinana.

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• The Perth Metropolitan Region alone has a land
  area of 5,386 km2, which is 7.5 times bigger
  than Singapore.
• Perth is originally called Swan River Colony by
  the British settlers.
• The closest ocean to Perth is the Indian Ocean

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Source

• Here find Perth population in 2017 
• http//australiapopulation2017.com/population-pert
  h-2017.html