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Western Australia

Western Australia is 's largest state by land area, making up the western third of the continent. It is geographically so large that it covers more land than or even countries like .
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is the capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia. It is separated from by a distance of 2,120 km, including the vast spaces of the Nullarbor Plain, making it one of the world's most isolated cities.

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is a port on the western coast of , facing out into the Indian Ocean. Often referred to as Freo, it's not just a suburb or outgrowth of , but a city in its own right — it's where Western Australia got started.

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is a park in the region of Western Australia. This far northeast part of the state is a long way from anywhere: the nearest town is 300 km north.

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The is a region of Western Australia. It offers some of the most varied travel experiences in Western Australia.

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The region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south-eastern corner of Western Australia, and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie, , , Kalgoorlie–Boulder, , , , , and Wiluna.

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The is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia, with a population of just under 40,000 in 2023. These people are clustered in four medium-sized towns, with very few in the rest of its 421,000 km2 extent.

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The is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It's hot, dry and sparsely populated, with only 9277 residents in 2019 over its 135,000 sq km - half of them in , the main town.

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The is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia, with a population of about 75,000 in 2014, and with Northam as its largest town.

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The is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia, with a population of almost 62,000 in 2018. These people are concentrated in a handful of mining towns and ports, leaving the region's 505,000 sq km very thinly populated.

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The is one of the nine regions of Western Australia, with a population of 52,000 in 2006, and with Geraldton as its only large town. Its people and facilities are concentrated on the coast, but it stretches a long, long way inland, to small mining towns and harsh desert.
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Western Australia

Latitude of center
-25.2303° or 25° 13′ 49″ south
Longitude of center
121.0187° or 121° 1′ 7″ east
Population
3,010,000
Elevation
536 metres (1,759 feet)
Abbreviation
“WA”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304951005
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2058645
Wiki­data ID
Q3206
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Western Australia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wes-Australië”
  • Albanian: “Australia Perëndimore”
  • Arabic: “أستراليا الغربية”
  • Aragonese: “Australia Occidental”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Ավստրալիա”
  • Asturian: “Australia Occidental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Avstraliya”
  • Balinese: “Ostrali Kawan”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Australia”
  • Belarusian: “Заходняя Аўстралія”
  • Belarusian: “штат Заходняя Аўстралія”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম অস্ট্রেলিয়া”
  • Betawi: “Ostrali Kulon”
  • Bosnian: “Zapadna Australija”
  • Breton: “Aostralia ar C’hornôg”
  • Breton: “Western Australia”
  • Bulgarian: “Западна Австралия”
  • Burmese: “အနောက်ဩစတြေးလျပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Austràlia Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “State of Western Australia”
  • Cebuano: “Western Australia”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئوسترالیای ڕۆژاوا”
  • Cherokee: “ᏭᏕᎵᎬᏗᏢ ᎡᎳᏗᏜ”
  • Chinese: “Sai Ò-chiu”
  • Chinese: “西澳”
  • Chinese: “西澳大利亚州”
  • Chinese: “西澳大利亞州”
  • Chinese: “西澳州”
  • Chinese: “西澳洲”
  • Chuvash: “Анăç Австрали”
  • Corsican: “AU-WA”
  • Corsican: “Australia Occidentale”
  • Corsican: “Statu di l’Australia Occidentale”
  • Corsican: “WA”
  • Croatian: “Zapadna Australija”
  • Czech: “Západní Austrálie”
  • Danish: “Western Australia”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Australyay Rocawani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Awıstralya Rocawani”
  • Dutch: “West-Australië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويسترن اوستراليا”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Aŭstralio”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Austraalia”
  • Faroese: “Vesturavstralia”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Western Australia”
  • Fijian: “Ra Ositerelia”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Australia”
  • Finnish: “West Australia”
  • Finnish: “Western Australia”
  • French: “Australie de l’Ouest”
  • French: “Australie occidentale”
  • French: “Australie-Occidentale”
  • French: “État d’Australie-Occidentale”
  • French: “État de l’Australie-Occidentale”
  • Galician: “Australia Occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ავსტრალია”
  • German: “West-Australien”
  • German: “Westaustralien”
  • German: “Western Australia”
  • Greek: “AU-WA”
  • Greek: “WA”
  • Greek: “Δυτική Αυστραλία”
  • Gujarati: “વેસ્ટર્ન ઑસ્ટ્રેલિયા”
  • Hawaiian: “‘Aukekulelia Komohana”
  • Hebrew: “אוסטרליה המערבית”
  • Hindi: “वेस्टर्न ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Ausztrália”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Ástralía”
  • Iloko: “Akinlaud nga Australia”
  • Inari Sami: “Uárji-Australia”
  • Indonesian: “Australia Barat”
  • Irish: “An Astráil Thiar”
  • Irish: “Iarthar na hAstráile”
  • Italian: “Australia dell’Ovest”
  • Italian: “Australia Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西オーストラリア”
  • Japanese: “西オーストラリア州”
  • Javanese: “Ostrali Kulon”
  • Kabyle: “Usṭralya Tutrimt”
  • Kannada: “ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಆಸ್ಟ್ರೇಲಿಯಾ”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Кюнбатыш Австралия”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Австралия (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Австралия”
  • Korean: “웨스턴오스트레일리아주”
  • Kurdish: “Awistralyaya Rojava”
  • Latin: “Australia Occidentalis”
  • Latvian: “Rietumaustrālija”
  • Ligurian: “Australia Oçidentâ”
  • Limburgan: “Wes-Australië”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Australija”
  • Lombard: “Australia Ocidental”
  • Luxembourgish: “Westaustralien”
  • Macedonian: “Западна Австралија”
  • Magahi: “पश्चिमी आस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Malagasy: “Aostralia Andrefana”
  • Malay: “Australia Barat”
  • Malayalam: “വെസ്റ്റേൺ ഓസ്ട്രേലിയ”
  • Manx: “Yn Austrail Heear”
  • Maori: “Ahitereiria ki te Hauāuru”
  • Marathi: “वेस्टर्न ऑस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی استرالیا”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤ Ó̤-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Se Australia”
  • Mingrelian: “ბჟადალი ავსტრალია”
  • Mongolian: “Баруун Австрали”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤسطراليا دلغرب”
  • Nepali: “पश्चिमी अस्ट्रेलिया”
  • Northern Frisian: “Western Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Australia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Western Australia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Australia”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Australia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Austràlia Occidentala”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westerne Australand”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westerne Australia”
  • Ossetian: “Ныгуылæн Австрали”
  • Pampanga: “Albugang Australia”
  • Pampanga: “Western Australia”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਆਸਟਰੇਲੀਆ”
  • Persian: “استرالیای غربی”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “West Ostrielya”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Westen Ostrielya”
  • Polish: “Australia Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Austrália Ocidental”
  • Pushto: “لویدیځه اسټرالیا”
  • Romanian: “Australia de Vest”
  • Romansh: “Australia Occidentala”
  • Russian: “Западная Австралия”
  • Russian: “Штат Западная Австралия”
  • Samoan: “Ausetalia i Sisifo”
  • Sardinian: “Austràlia Otzidentale”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Western Australia”
  • Scots: “Wastren Austrailie”
  • Scots: “Wastren Australie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Astràilia an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Astràilia-an-Iar”
  • Serbian: “Западна Аустралија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadna Australija”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢေႃႉသထရေးလီးယႃး ပွတ်းတူၵ်း”
  • Sicilian: “Australia Uccidintali”
  • Sindhi: “الهندي واري آسٽريليا”
  • Sindhi: “الھنديون آسٽريليا”
  • Sindhi: “اولهائون آسٽريليا”
  • Sindhi: “ويسٽرن آسٽريليا”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු ඔස්ට්‍රේලියාව”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාව”
  • Skolt Sami: “Viõstâr-Australia”
  • Slovak: “Západná Austrália”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodna Avstralija”
  • Somali: “Galbeed Australia”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی اوستورالیا”
  • South Azerbaijani: “غربی اوسترالیا”
  • Spanish: “Australia Occidental (Australia)”
  • Spanish: “Australia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Australia Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Australia ya Magharibi”
  • Swedish: “Västaustralien”
  • Swedish: “Västra Australien”
  • Swedish: “West Australia”
  • Swedish: “Western Australia”
  • Tagalog: “Kanlurang Australia”
  • Tagalog: “Western Australia”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு ஆத்திரேலியா”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு ஆஸ்திரேலியா”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Австралия”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Аустралия”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ ఆస్ట్రేలియా”
  • Thai: “เปียเซนซ่า”
  • Thai: “รัฐเวสเทิร์นออสเตรเลีย”
  • Tok Pisin: “Wes Ostrelia”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAositelēlia Hihifo”
  • Turkish: “Batı Avustralya”
  • Ukrainian: “Західна Австралія”
  • Urdu: “مغربی آسٹریلیا”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy avstraliya”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Avstraliya”
  • Venetian: “Austrałia Osidental”
  • Venetian: “Western Australia”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Úc”
  • Vlaams: “West-Australië”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Western Australia”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Awstralia”
  • Western Frisian: “AU-WA”
  • Western Frisian: “Steat West-Austraalje”
  • Western Frisian: “West-Austraalje”
  • Western Panjabi: “لہندا آسٹریلیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لہندا اسٹریلیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیندا آسٹریلیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “مغربی آسٹریلیا”
  • Wu Chinese: “西澳大利亚州”
  • Yue Chinese: “西澳洲”
  • “ma Wesan Oselija”
  • “W.A.”
  • “WA”

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