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Queensland

Queensland is the northeastern state of , famous for natural wonders, such as the , the , and . Its population of 5 million are mostly found in the capital and the nearby city of in , whereas much of the rest of the state is sparsely populated.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Brisbane and Gold Coast.

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is the state capital of Queensland. Large enough to be cosmopolitan yet small enough to be friendly and accessible, is a 'garden metropolis', famous for its leafy, open spaces and the pleasant pace of life that unfolds between the zig-zags of its iconic river.

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The is a large city along the coast in the southeast corner of the state of Queensland in . The year-round warm weather, theme parks and many beaches just south of have made it a popular destination with travellers.

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The , or the Sunny Coast as it's colloquially known, is a peri-urban area and a holiday city comprising of several settlements in .

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, the most populous region taking up most of the southeast in Queensland, includes the city of , the to Brisbane's north, and the to its south.

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is an imprecisely defined geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton.

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, commonly abbreviated as FNQ, is a coastal region in the north of Queensland. Sometimes colloquially called Tropical North Queensland, you'll find nice warm 25-30°C sunny days year round, warm coastal waters, some of the world's oldest rainforests and a gateway to the .

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is the inner west desert expanse of Queensland.

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The is a coral formation, the largest in the world, and one of the seven natural wonders off the Pacific coast of Queensland, .

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The is an inland region in the south of Queensland. Just west of the south-east, the has the typical rural Queensland feel.

Queensland

Latitude of center
-22.1647° or 22° 9′ 53″ south
Longitude of center
144.5845° or 144° 35′ 4″ east
Population
5,650,000
Elevation
744 metres (2,441 feet)
Abbreviation
“QLD”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1971329414
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2152274
Wiki­data ID
Q36074
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zeeuws—“Queensland” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Queensland”
  • Afrikaans: “QLD”
  • Afrikaans: “Queensland”
  • Albanian: “Queensland”
  • Amharic: “ኲንዝላንድ”
  • Arabic: “كوينزلاند”
  • Arabic: “كوينزلند”
  • Arabic: “كوينسلاند”
  • Arabic: “ولاية أشعة الشمس”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كوينزلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Estau de Queensland”
  • Aragonese: “Queensland”
  • Armenian: “Քվինսլենդ”
  • Asturian: “Estáu de Queensland”
  • Asturian: “QLD”
  • Asturian: “Queensland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kvinslend”
  • Balinese: “Queensland”
  • Basque: “Queensland”
  • Belarusian: “Квінсленд”
  • Belarusian: “Кўінзлэнд”
  • Belarusian: “штат Квінсленд”
  • Bengali: “কুইন্সল্যান্ড রাজ্য”
  • Bengali: “কুইন্সল্যান্ড”
  • Betawi: “Tana Ratu (Ostrali)”
  • Betawi: “Tana Ratu”
  • Bosnian: “Queensland”
  • Breton: “QLD”
  • Breton: “Queensland”
  • Breton: “Stad Queensland”
  • Bulgarian: “Куинсланд”
  • Bulgarian: “Куинсленд”
  • Burmese: “ကွင်းစလန်ပြည်နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ကွင်းစလန်းပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Queensland”
  • Cebuano: “Queensland”
  • Cebuano: “State of Queensland”
  • Central Kurdish: “کوینزلەند”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᎬᏫᏳ ᎠᏂᏁᎳ-ᎦᏙᎯ”
  • Chinese: “QLD(Australia)”
  • Chinese: “Queensland”
  • Chinese: “昆士兰”
  • Chinese: “昆士兰州”
  • Chinese: “昆士蘭”
  • Chinese: “昆士蘭州”
  • Chinese: “昆士蘭省”
  • Chinese: “昆省”
  • Corsican: “Queensland”
  • Croatian: “Queensland”
  • Czech: “ISO 3166-2:AU-QLD”
  • Czech: “Queensland”
  • Dagbani: “Queensland”
  • Danish: “Queensland”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Queensland”
  • Dutch: “Queensland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوينزلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Kvinslando”
  • Esperanto: “QLD”
  • Esperanto: “Queensland”
  • Estonian: “Queensland”
  • Faroese: “Queensland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Queensland”
  • Fijian: “Kuinisiladi”
  • Finnish: “Queensland”
  • French: “État du Queensland”
  • French: “Qld.”
  • French: “QLD”
  • French: “Queensland”
  • Gagauz: “Queensland”
  • Galician: “Queensland”
  • Georgian: “კვინზლენდი”
  • Georgian: “კვინსლენდი”
  • Georgian: “კუინზლენდი”
  • Georgian: “ქვინზლენდი”
  • Georgian: “ქვინსლენდი”
  • German: “AU-QLD”
  • German: “QLD”
  • German: “Queensland”
  • German: “Staat Queensland”
  • Greek: “AU-QLD”
  • Greek: “QLD”
  • Greek: “Κουίνσλαντ”
  • Greek: “Πολιτεία Κουίνσλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વીન્સલેન્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Kwinslann”
  • Haitian: “Kwinzlann”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Queensland”
  • Hawaiian: “Kuinilani”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת קווינסלנד”
  • Hebrew: “קווינזלנד”
  • Hebrew: “קווינסלנד, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “קווינסלנד”
  • Hindi: “क्विन्सलैंड”
  • Hindi: “क्वीन्सलैण्ड”
  • Hindi: “क्वींसलैंड राज्य”
  • Hindi: “क्वींसलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Queensland”
  • Icelandic: “Queensland”
  • Ido: “Queensland”
  • Ido: “Quinslando”
  • Indonesian: “Qld”
  • Indonesian: “Queensland”
  • Irish: “Tìr na Bànrigh”
  • Irish: “Tír na Banríona”
  • Italian: “QLD”
  • Italian: “Queensland”
  • Japanese: “クィーンズランド”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズランド”
  • Japanese: “クィーンズランド州”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズランド州”
  • Japanese: “クインズランド”
  • Javanese: “Queensland”
  • Kabyle: “Queensland”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವೀನ್ಸ್‌ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್‌”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ವೀನ್ಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Квинсленд”
  • Kazakh: “Квинсленд”
  • Kirghiz: “Квинсленд (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Квинсленд”
  • Korean: “퀸즐랜드”
  • Korean: “퀸즐랜드주”
  • Latin: “Terra Reginae”
  • Latvian: “Kvīnslenda”
  • Latvian: “Queensland”
  • Ligurian: “Queensland”
  • Limburgan: “Queensland”
  • Lithuanian: “Kvinslandas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kvinslendas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kvynslandas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kvynslendas”
  • Lithuanian: “Queensland”
  • Lombard: “Queensland”
  • Luxembourgish: “Queensland”
  • Macedonian: “Квинсленд”
  • Magahi: “क्वीन्सलैण्ड”
  • Malagasy: “Queensland”
  • Malay: “Queensland”
  • Malay: “کوءينسلند”
  • Malayalam: “ക്വീൻസ്‌ലാൻഡ്”
  • Maltese: “Queensland”
  • Manx: “Çheer ny Benrein”
  • Manx: “Çheer y Venrein”
  • Manx: “Heer ny Benrein”
  • Manx: “Heer y Venrein”
  • Manx: “Queensland”
  • Maori: “Kuīnirani”
  • Marathi: “क्विन्सलंड”
  • Marathi: “क्वीन्सलँड”
  • Marathi: “क्वीन्सलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “کوئینزلند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Queensland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Queensland”
  • Mingrelian: “ქუინსლენდი”
  • Mongolian: “Квийнслэнд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كوينزلاند”
  • Nepali: “क्विन्सल्याण्ड”
  • Nepali: “क्विन्सल्यान्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Queensland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “QLD”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Queensland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Queensland”
  • Norwegian: “Queensland”
  • Nyanja: “Queensland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “QLD”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Queensland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cwenaland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cwēnanland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cwēneland”
  • Ossetian: “Квинсленд”
  • Pampanga: “Queensland”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਵੀਨਜ਼ਲੈਂਡ”
  • Persian: “ایالت کوئینزلند”
  • Persian: “کوئینزلند”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Kwiinsland”
  • Polish: “Queensland”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Queensland”
  • Portuguese: “Qld.”
  • Portuguese: “QLD”
  • Portuguese: “Queensland”
  • Pushto: “کوینزلنډ”
  • Romanian: “Queensland”
  • Romansh: “Queensland”
  • Russian: “Квинсленд”
  • Russian: “Квинслэнд”
  • Russian: “Штат Квинсленд”
  • Samoan: “Kuiniselani”
  • Sardinian: “Queensland”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Queensland”
  • Scots: “QLD”
  • Scots: “Queensland”
  • Scots: “State o Queensland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tìr na Banrigh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tìr na Bànrigh”
  • Serbian: “AU-QLD”
  • Serbian: “QLD”
  • Serbian: “Queensland”
  • Serbian: “Квинсленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Queensland”
  • Sindhi: “ڪئينز لينڊ”
  • Sindhi: “ڪئينسلينڊ”
  • Sindhi: “ڪوئينز لينڊ”
  • Sindhi: “ڪوئينزلينڊ”
  • Sinhala: “ක්වින්ස්ලන්තය”
  • Sinhala: “ක්වීන්ස්ලන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Queensland”
  • Slovenian: “Queensland”
  • Somali: “Queensland”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوئینزلند”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Queensland”
  • Spanish: “QLD.”
  • Spanish: “QLD”
  • Spanish: “Queensland”
  • Swahili: “Queensland”
  • Swedish: “Queensland”
  • Tagalog: “Lupa ng Reyna”
  • Tagalog: “Lupain ng Reyna”
  • Tagalog: “QLD”
  • Tagalog: “Queensland”
  • Tamil: “குயின்ஸ்லாந்து”
  • Tamil: “குயீன்ஸ்லாந்து”
  • Tatar: “Квинсленд”
  • Telugu: “క్వీన్స్‌లాండ్”
  • Thai: “Queensland”
  • Thai: “รัฐควีนส์แลนด์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Kwinslan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Kuinisilani”
  • Turkish: “Queensland”
  • Uighur: “كۋېنسلاند”
  • Ukrainian: “Квінсленд”
  • Urdu: “کوئنزلینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Kvinslend”
  • Venetian: “Kuinzland”
  • Venetian: “Queensland”
  • Vietnamese: “Queensland”
  • Vlaams: “Queensland”
  • Volapük: “Kvinslän”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Queensland”
  • Welsh: “Queensland”
  • Western Frisian: “AU-QLD”
  • Western Frisian: “Qld.”
  • Western Frisian: “Queenslân”
  • Western Frisian: “Queensland”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوئینزلینڈ”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوینزلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “Queensland”
  • Wu Chinese: “昆士兰”
  • Wu Chinese: “昆士兰州”
  • Yakut: “Квинсленд”
  • Yakut: “Куинслэнд”
  • Yoruba: “Queensland”
  • Yue Chinese: “Queensland”
  • Yue Chinese: “昆士蘭”
  • Yue Chinese: “昆士蘭省”
  • Zeeuws: “Queensland”
  • “AU-QLD”
  • “ma Kinlan”
  • “QLD”

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