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Canberra

Canberra was built to be the capital city of , taking up all of Australian Capital Territory surrounded by the southeast of . A planned city with national monuments, museums, and galleries all built around large man-made lakes.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden and Civic.

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are three districts of Canberra just west and southwest of and . They are just on the edge of Country ACT home to the National Arboretum, some of the most impressive greenery one could find in Canberra.

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Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of , and Lake Burley Griffin.

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Memorials, military sites, and parks all characterise , a district comprised of several neighbourhoods in the District of Canberra Central.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tuggeranong and Country ACT and Acton.

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Country ACT is a large rural area surrounding the urban areas of Canberra in all directions by the north, where the kookaburra's head hits the New South Wales border.

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is a small affluent suburb west of and is Canberra's university district, mostly taken up by the Australian National University. Right next to the ANU is the Australian National Botanic Gardens, containing some of the most diverse ranges…

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If it's your first time in Canberra and you're time limited to only exploring one part of Canberra, it has to be . Sometimes referred to as the inner south, houses some of Canberra's most important landmarks: Parliament House, and…

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Have you ever wondered whether there were any settlements in the Australian Capital Territory before it was established? is one of the last few remnants of what was bushland before the capital was established.

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is Canberra's northernmost district. Many travellers visit the district for the Gold Creek Village, a family-friendly "village", holding nearly all of 's important tourist attractions.

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Canberra Airport is Australia's only inland international airport, just to the east of Canberra. East of the airport is home to the large Kowen Forest as well as bits of in New South Wales that creep into the Australian Capital Territory.

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is a largely residential outer district of Canberra in the northern part of the Australian Capital Territory. For shopping enthusiasts, has an abundance of shopping precincts, restaurants, and clubs, making it a quieter alternative for those who don't want to mingle with the crowd in the city.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Library of Australia and Parliament House.

Library
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The , formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing…

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is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative body of Australia's federal level of government. The building also houses the core of the executive, containing the Cabinet room and offices of the Prime Minister and other federal ministers.

Government office
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is a government office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ainslie and Parliamentary Triangle.

Suburb
is a suburb of Canberra, in the district. The suburb is bounded by Limestone Avenue and Majura Avenue to the west and north, Phillip Avenue to the north-east, Mount to the east and Quick Street to the south.

Neighborhood
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The National Triangle, also known as the , is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings.

Suburb
is a suburb of the district of Canberra, located within the , . At the 2021 census, had a population of 2,965 people.

Canberra

Latitude
-35.2976° or 35° 17′ 51″ south
Longitude
149.1013° or 149° 6′ 5″ east
Population
467,000
Elevation
571 metres (1,873 feet)
Inception
March 12th, 1913
IATA airport code
CBR
United Nations Location Code
AU CBR
Open location code
4RPFP422+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21674637
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2172517
Wiki­data ID
Q3114
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Canberra” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Канберра”
  • Achinese: “Canberra”
  • Adyghe: “Канберрэ”
  • Afrikaans: “Canberra”
  • Albanian: “Canberra”
  • Albanian: “Kanberra”
  • Amharic: “ካንበራ”
  • Arabic: “كانبرا”
  • Arabic: “كانبيرا”
  • Aragonese: “Canberra”
  • Armenian: “Կանբեռա”
  • Armenian: “Կանբերրա”
  • Arpitan: “Canberra”
  • Asturian: “Canberra”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kanberra”
  • Balinese: “Canberra”
  • Bashkir: “Канберра”
  • Basque: “Canberra”
  • Belarusian: “Канбера”
  • Belarusian: “Канбэра”
  • Bengali: “ক্যানবেরা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कैनबरा”
  • Bislama: “Canberra”
  • Bosnian: “Canberra”
  • Breton: “Canberra”
  • Bulgarian: “Канбера”
  • Burmese: “ကင်ဘာရာမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Canberra”
  • Cebuano: “Canberra (ulohang dakbayan sa Awstralya)”
  • Cebuano: “Canberra”
  • Central Kurdish: “کانبێرا”
  • Chavacano: “Canberra”
  • Chechen: “Канберра”
  • Cherokee: “ᎧᏂᏇᎳ”
  • Chinese: “Canberra”
  • Chinese: “坎培拉”
  • Chinese: “堪培拉”
  • Church Slavic: “Канбєра”
  • Chuvash: “Канберра”
  • Cornish: “Canberra”
  • Corsican: “Camberra”
  • Corsican: “Canberra”
  • Croatian: “Canberra”
  • Czech: “Canberra”
  • Danish: “Canberra”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Canberra”
  • Dutch: “Canberra”
  • Eastern Mari: “Канберра”
  • Eastern Mari: “Канберре”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانبرا”
  • Esperanto: “Kanbero”
  • Estonian: “Canberra”
  • Faroese: “Canberra”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Canberra”
  • Fijian: “Kabera”
  • Fijian: “Kanapera”
  • Finnish: “Canberra”
  • French: “Canberra”
  • Galician: “Camberra”
  • Galician: “Canberra”
  • Georgian: “კანბერა”
  • German: “Canberra”
  • Greek: “Καμπέρα”
  • Greek: “Καμπέρρα”
  • Guarani: “Kambérra”
  • Gujarati: “કૅનબેરા”
  • Haitian: “Kanbera”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Canberra”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Khâm-phì-là”
  • Hausa: “Kanberra”
  • Hawaiian: “Kanapela”
  • Hebrew: “בארה (קיצור)”
  • Hebrew: “ברה (קיצור)”
  • Hebrew: “קנברה (אוסטרליה)”
  • Hebrew: “קנברה (טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית)”
  • Hebrew: “קנברה, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “קנברה, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית”
  • Hebrew: “קנברה”
  • Hindi: “कैनबरा”
  • Hungarian: “Canberra”
  • Hungarian: “Canberran”
  • Icelandic: “Canberra”
  • Ido: “Canberra”
  • Inari Sami: “Canberra”
  • Indonesian: “Canberra”
  • Interlingue: “Canberra”
  • Irish: “Canberra”
  • Italian: “Camberra”
  • Italian: “Canberra”
  • Japanese: “キャンベラ”
  • Javanese: “Canberra”
  • Kabyle: “Canberra”
  • Kalaallisut: “Canberra”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಬೆರ”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಬೆರ್ರಾ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Kanberra”
  • Kashmiri: “کینبرا”
  • Kazakh: “Канберра”
  • Kirghiz: “Канберра”
  • Kirghiz: “Канбирра”
  • Korean: “캔버라”
  • Kurdish: “Kanberra”
  • Ladino: “Camberra”
  • Ladino: “Canberra”
  • Latin: “Camberra”
  • Latvian: “Kanbera”
  • Ligurian: “Canberra”
  • Literary Chinese: “堪培拉”
  • Lithuanian: “Kanbera”
  • Lombard: “Canberra”
  • Luxembourgish: “Canberra”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Canberra”
  • Macedonian: “Канбера”
  • Magahi: “केनबरा”
  • Maithili: “क्यानबरा”
  • Malagasy: “Canberra”
  • Malay: “Canberra”
  • Malayalam: “കാൻബറ”
  • Maltese: “Canberra”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯦꯟꯕꯦꯔꯔꯥ”
  • Maori: “Kānapera”
  • Marathi: “कॅनबेरा”
  • Mazanderani: “کانبرا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Canberra”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Canberra”
  • Minangkabau: “Canberra”
  • Mingrelian: “კანბერა”
  • Mingrelian: “ქანბერა”
  • Moksha: “Канберрэ”
  • Mongolian: “Канберра”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كانبيرا”
  • Nauru: “Canberra”
  • Nepali: “क्यानबरा”
  • Nepali: “क्यानेबरा”
  • Northern Frisian: “Canberra”
  • Northern Sami: “Canberra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canberra”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Canberra”
  • Norwegian: “Canberra”
  • Novial: “Canberra”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canberra”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canberra”
  • Oriya: “କାନବେରା”
  • Ossetian: “Канберрæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੈਨਬਰਾ”
  • Papiamento: “Canberra”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Canberra”
  • Persian: “کانبرا”
  • Piemontese: “Canberra”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Canberra”
  • Polish: “Canberra”
  • Portuguese: “Camberra”
  • Pushto: “کانبیرا”
  • Quechua: “Canberra”
  • Romanian: “Canberra”
  • Romansh: “Canberra”
  • Russian: “Канберра”
  • Sakizaya: “Kan-pei-la”
  • Samoan: “Canberra”
  • Samoan: “Kenepera”
  • Samogitian: “Kanbera”
  • Sanskrit: “केनबरा”
  • Sanskrit: “कैन्बेर्रा”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱭᱟᱱᱵᱮᱨᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱮᱱᱵᱮᱨᱟ”
  • Sardinian: “Camberra”
  • Sardinian: “Canberra”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Canberra”
  • Scots: “Camberra”
  • Scots: “Canberra”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Canberra”
  • Serbian: “Канбера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Canberra”
  • Shan: “ၶႅၼ်ႇပႃႇရႃႇ”
  • Shona: “Canberra”
  • Sicilian: “Canberra”
  • Silesian: “Canberra”
  • Sindhi: “ڪينبرا”
  • Sinhala: “කැන්බරා”
  • Slovak: “Canberra”
  • Slovenian: “Canberra”
  • Somali: “Kanbera”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کانبرا”
  • Spanish: “Camberra”
  • Spanish: “Canberra”
  • Swahili: “Canberra”
  • Swedish: “Canberra”
  • Swiss German: “Canberra”
  • Tagalog: “Canberra”
  • Tahitian: “Canberra”
  • Tahitian: “Kanapera”
  • Tajik: “Канберра”
  • Talysh: “Kanberra”
  • Tamil: “கான்பரா”
  • Tamil: “கேன்பெரா”
  • Tatar: “Канберра”
  • Telugu: “కాన్బెరా”
  • Tetum: “Kamberra”
  • Thai: “แคนเบอร์รา”
  • Tibetan: “ཁན་པེ་ར།”
  • Tok Pisin: “Kambra”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kanipela”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Canberra”
  • Turkish: “Canberra”
  • Turkish: “Kanberra”
  • Turkmen: “Kanberra”
  • Twi: “Canberra”
  • Twi: “Kanberra”
  • Udmurt: “Канберра”
  • Uighur: “Kanbérra”
  • Ukrainian: “Канберра”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Canberra”
  • Urdu: “کینبرا”
  • Uzbek: “Kanberra”
  • Venetian: “Canberra”
  • Veps: “Kanber”
  • Veps: “Kanberr”
  • Vietnamese: “Canberra”
  • Volapük: “Canberra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Canberra”
  • Welsh: “Canberra”
  • Western Armenian: “Քանպերա”
  • Western Frisian: “Canberra”
  • Western Frisian: “Kanberra”
  • Western Panjabi: “کینبرا”
  • Wu Chinese: “坎培拉”
  • Yakut: “Канберра”
  • Yiddish: “קאנבערא”
  • Yoruba: “Canberra”
  • Yue Chinese: “坎培拉”
  • Zeeuws: “Canberra”
  • Zhuang: “Canberra”
  • Zhuang: “Canberrah”
  • Zulu: “i-Canberra”
  • “Camberra”
  • “Canberra”
  • “Kanbera”
  • “ma tomo Kanpela”
  • “कैनबरा”

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