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Melbourne
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Melbourne es un cité in Australia. It es li cité capital del federal state Victoria in li sud-ost de Australia. It es un costal cité, situat al nord e ost del bay Port Phillip, along li fluvie Yarra River. Su area metropolari extende al peninsul Mornington in li sud, li montania Dandenong al ost, e li montania Macedon al nord, ocupante 9 993km2 in total.
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Land | Australia |
Federal state | Victoria |
Altore | 31m súper li mare |
Area | 9 993 km² |
Habitantes | 4 917 750 (2021) |
Densitá de habitantes | 492,119 per km² |
Ye 2021, hayat 4 778 716 habitantes in li area metropolari de Melbourne. It es li duesim max grand cité de Australia, detra Sydney.
Durante adminim 40 000 annus, li area sur quel Melbourne es situat ha esset li hem de popules indigeni. Li nationes Kulin es li traditional nationes del area, ex quel Melbourne ocupa landes del Wurundjeri (in li nord), Bunurong (in li sud) e Wathaurong (in li west) popules. Melbourne es anc conosset quam Naarm in li lingues traditional de ti popules.
Li modern cité de Melbourne esset fundat in li annu 1835 de colonisatores de Van Diemen's Land (nu Tasmania). It esset nominat secun li prim-ministre del Reyatu Unit, William Lamb, li duesim Vicomto Melbourne. Reyessa Victoria proclamat it un cité in 1847, e solmen quar annus plu tard, Melbourne devenit li capital del nov colonia de Victoria, pos que to separat de Nov Sud Gallia. Aure esset decovrit in li land al nord-west de Melbourne in 1851, e li cité experit un grandissim inrichation quel transformat it ad in un del cités max grand e rich in li munde. Pos li federation de Australia in 1901, Melbourne servit quam li capital del nov state til que Canberra esset constructet e devenit li nov capital in 1927. In li annus 1930, Sydney viceat Melbourne quam li max grand cité in Australia. Támen, Melbourne hodie resta un important centre comercial, conosset anc pro su contributiones culturales, por exemple in li artes e in sport.