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Perth, Western Australia
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Perth
Perth
is the
capital
and largest city of the
Australian state
of
Western Australia
. It is the
fourth-most populous city
in Australia, with an estimated population of 2.02 million living in
Greater Perth
. Perth is part of the
South West Land Division
of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area of Perth located on the
Swan Coastal Plain
, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the
Darling Scarp
, a low coastal escarpment. The first areas settled were on the
Swan River
, with the city's
central business district
and port (
Fremantle
) both located on its shores. Perth is formally divided into a number of
local government areas
, which themselves consist of a large number of
suburbs
, extending from
Two Rocks
in the north to
Rockingham
in the south, and east inland to
The Lakes
.
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