Victoria

Victoria is a state in on the country's southern edge. Despite its relatively small size, it offers an incredible diversity of landscapes, experiences, and cultures.
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is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

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The central business district of is the city's cultural, entertainment and financial heart. Locally called the , or simply "the City", it is where most international and interstate visitors spend the bulk of their time.

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Victoria's second largest city, is a bustling port city in the state's region, about 75 km southwest of . It forms the gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula, a popular family getaway destination, and the world-famous Great Ocean Road.

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is the south-eastern region of Victoria, . It includes the southernmost point of the Australian mainland at Wilsons Promontory. It is bordered to the west by Western Port Bay, to the south by Bass Strait, to the north by the Great Dividing Range and to the east by the border.

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The is a region of the state of Victoria. It extends down from the wine regions in the mid north-east of the state to the alpine regions to their south.

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The of Victoria, Australia is the area around the Great Ocean Road including the Surf Coast, and the Otway Ranges and the entire coastal region west to the border with .

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The region of Victoria is a region associated with the Victorian gold rush in Australia. The term is used in both historical geography and tourism geography. The region is also known as the Victorian Golden Triangle.

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The is a region in western Victoria, . It runs from west of the region to the border.

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is a large and unique region along the northern edge of Victoria, .

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is the second largest city of Victoria with old and new architecture, shopping, galleries, theatres, and large parks and wineries. There is a lot more to than just the principal city, such as the Bellarine Peninsula dotted with small towns and wineries, and the massive You Yangs Regional Park to the north of the city.

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The is a wine-growing region near in Victoria, known for its cool-climate wines, particularly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. It sits about an hour’s drive from via the Eastern Freeway and Maroondah Highway, which runs through the centre of the valley.

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lies south of , forming the eastern side of Port Phillip Bay.
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Victoria

Latitude of center
-36.5986° or 36° 35′ 55″ south
Longitude of center
144.678° or 144° 40′ 41″ east
Population
7,010,000
Elevation
236 metres (774 feet)
Abbreviation
“VIC”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304951009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2145234
Wiki­data ID
Q36687
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Victoria” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Victoria”
  • Albanian: “Viktoria”
  • Amharic: “ቪክቶሪያ”
  • Arabic: “فكتوريا”
  • Arabic: “فيكتوريا”
  • Arabic: “ولاية فكتوريا”
  • Arabic: “ولاية فيكتوريا”
  • Arabic: “ولايه فيكتوريا”
  • Aragonese: “Victoria”
  • Armenian: “Վիկտորիա”
  • Asturian: “Victoria”
  • Azerbaijani: “Viktoriya”
  • Balinese: “Victoria (Ostrali)”
  • Balinese: “Victoria”
  • Basque: “Victoria”
  • Belarusian: “Вікторыя, штат”
  • Belarusian: “Вікторыя”
  • Belarusian: “штат Вікторыя”
  • Bengali: “ভিক্টোরিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Wiktoriah (Ostrali)”
  • Betawi: “Wiktoriah”
  • Bosnian: “Victoria”
  • Breton: “Victoria”
  • Bulgarian: “Виктория”
  • Burmese: “ဝိတိုရိယ ပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Victòria”
  • Catalan: “Victòria”
  • Cebuano: “State of Victoria”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڤیکتۆریا”
  • Cherokee: “ᏫᎩᏙᎠ”
  • Chinese: “Victoria”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞州”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞洲”
  • Chinese: “維多利亞省”
  • Chinese: “维多利亚州”
  • Corsican: “Victoria”
  • Croatian: “Victoria”
  • Czech: “ISO 3166-2:AU-VIC”
  • Czech: “Stát Victoria”
  • Czech: “Victoria”
  • Dagbani: “Victoria”
  • Danish: “Victoria”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Viktoriya”
  • Dutch: “Staat Victoria”
  • Dutch: “Victoria”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيكتوريا (اوستراليا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيكتوريا”
  • Esperanto: “Viktorio”
  • Estonian: “Victoria osariik”
  • Estonian: “Victoria”
  • Faroese: “Victoria (Avstralia)”
  • Faroese: “Victoria”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Victoria”
  • Fijian: “Vikatoria”
  • Finnish: “Victoria”
  • French: “État de Victoria”
  • French: “Victoria”
  • Galician: “Victoria, Australia”
  • Galician: “Victoria”
  • Georgian: “ვიქტორია”
  • Georgian: “ვიქტორიას შტატი”
  • German: “AU-VIC”
  • German: “Staat Victoria”
  • German: “Staat Viktorien”
  • German: “VIC”
  • German: “Victoria”
  • German: “Viktorien”
  • Greek: “AU-VIC”
  • Greek: “VIC”
  • Greek: “Βικτόρια”
  • Greek: “Βικτώρια”
  • Gujarati: “વિક્ટોરિયા”
  • Haitian: “Viktorya”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Victoria”
  • Hawaiian: “Wīkōlia”
  • Hebrew: “וויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “ויקטוריה, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “ויקטוריה”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת ויקטוריה”
  • Hindi: “विक्टोरिया”
  • Hungarian: “Victoria”
  • Icelandic: “Victoria”
  • Icelandic: “Viktoría”
  • Icelandic: “Viktoríufylki”
  • Indonesian: “Victoria”
  • Irish: “Victoria, An Astráil”
  • Irish: “Victoria”
  • Italian: “Victoria”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリア”
  • Japanese: “ヴィクトリア州”
  • Japanese: “ビクトリア”
  • Japanese: “ビクトリア州”
  • Javanese: “Victoria, Australia”
  • Javanese: “Victoria”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “VIC”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Victoria, Australia”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Victoria”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಕ್ಟೋರಿಯಾ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Виктория”
  • Kirghiz: “Виктория (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Виктория”
  • Korean: “빅토리아”
  • Korean: “빅토리아주”
  • Latin: “Victoria”
  • Latvian: “Viktorija”
  • Latvian: “Viktorijas štats”
  • Ligurian: “Vitöia”
  • Lithuanian: “Viktorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Viktorijos valstija”
  • Lombard: “Victoria (Australia)”
  • Lombard: “Victoria”
  • Luxembourgish: “Victoria”
  • Macedonian: “Викторија”
  • Malagasy: “Victoria, Australia”
  • Malay: “Negeri Victoria”
  • Malay: “VIC”
  • Malay: “Victoria, Australia”
  • Malay: “Victoria”
  • Malayalam: “വിക്ടോറിയ (ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ)”
  • Malayalam: “വിക്ടോറിയ”
  • Manx: “Victoria, yn Austrail”
  • Manx: “Victoria”
  • Maori: “Wikitōria”
  • Marathi: “व्हिक्टोरिया राज्य”
  • Marathi: “व्हिक्टोरिया, ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Marathi: “व्हिक्टोरिया”
  • Mazanderani: “ویکتوریا ایالت”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Victoria”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Victoria”
  • Mingrelian: “ვიქტორიაშ შტატი”
  • Mongolian: “Викториа”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڤيكطوريا”
  • Nepali: “भिक्टोरिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Victoria”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Victoria i Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Victoria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten Victoria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Victoria i Australia”
  • Norwegian: “Victoria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Victòria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fictoria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Uictoria on Australande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Uictoria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Victoria”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wictorland on Australande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Wictorland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿictorland”
  • Ossetian: “Виктори”
  • Pampanga: “Victoria”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਕਟੋਰੀਆ”
  • Persian: “ایالت ویکتوریا”
  • Persian: “ویکتوریا، استرالیا”
  • Persian: “ویکتوریا”
  • Piemontese: “Victoria (Australia)”
  • Piemontese: “Victoria”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Wiktoreya”
  • Polish: “Wiktoria”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Victoria”
  • Portuguese: “VIC”
  • Portuguese: “Victoria”
  • Portuguese: “Vitória”
  • Pushto: “ویکتوریا آیالات”
  • Romanian: “Victoria”
  • Romansh: “Victoria”
  • Russian: “Виктория”
  • Russian: “Штат Виктория”
  • Rusyn: “Виктория”
  • Samoan: “Vitoria”
  • Sardinian: “Victòria (Austràlia)”
  • Sardinian: “Victòria”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Victoria”
  • Scots: “Victoria”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bhictòria, Astràilia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Victoria”
  • Serbian: “Викторија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Victoria”
  • Sicilian: “Victoria”
  • Sindhi: “وڪٽوريا”
  • Sinhala: “වික්ටෝරියා”
  • Slovak: “Viktória”
  • Slovenian: “Victoria”
  • Slovenian: “Victorija”
  • Slovenian: “Viktorija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویکتوریا”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Victoria”
  • Spanish: “Victoria (Australia)”
  • Spanish: “Victoria”
  • Swahili: “Victoria”
  • Swedish: “Victoria, Australien”
  • Swedish: “Victoria”
  • Sylheti: “ꠜꠤꠇ꠆ꠐꠞꠤꠀ”
  • Tagalog: “Victoria”
  • Tajik: “Виктория”
  • Tamil: “விக்டோரியா மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “விக்டோரியா மாநிலம்”
  • Tamil: “விக்டோரியா”
  • Tamil: “விக்டோறியா”
  • Tamil: “விக்ரோறியா”
  • Tatar: “Виктория (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Виктория”
  • Telugu: “విక్టోరియా”
  • Thai: “รัฐวิกตอเรีย”
  • Thai: “รัฐวิกทอเรีย”
  • Thai: “วิกตอเรีย”
  • Tok Pisin: “Viktoria”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Vikatolia”
  • Turkish: “Victoria”
  • Turkish: “Viktorya”
  • Ukrainian: “Вікторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Штат Вікторія”
  • Urdu: “وکٹوریہ (آسٹریلیا)”
  • Urdu: “وکٹوریہ”
  • Uzbek: “Viktoriya”
  • Venetian: “Victoria”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Victoria”
  • Vietnamese: “Tiểu bang Victoria”
  • Vietnamese: “Vichtoria”
  • Vietnamese: “Victoria”
  • Vlaams: “Victoria (Australië)”
  • Vlaams: “Victoria”
  • Welsh: “Victoria”
  • Western Frisian: “Fiktoaria”
  • Western Frisian: “Steat Fiktoaria”
  • Western Frisian: “Steat Victoria”
  • Western Frisian: “Victoria”
  • Western Panjabi: “وکٹوریا، اسٹریلیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “وکٹوریہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “Victoria”
  • Wu Chinese: “維克多利亞”
  • Wu Chinese: “維克多利亞州”
  • Wu Chinese: “維克多利亞洲”
  • Wu Chinese: “维克多利亚”
  • Wu Chinese: “维克多利亚州”
  • Wu Chinese: “维克多利亚州州”
  • Wu Chinese: “维多利亚州”
  • Wu Chinese: “维州”
  • Yakut: “Виктория, Аустралия”
  • Yakut: “Виктория”
  • Yue Chinese: “維多利亞州”
  • “ma Witowija”

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