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General Information Area 2400 sq km (1511 sq miles). Population 310,800 (official estimate 2000). Population Density 131.7 per sq km. Capital Canberra (also national capital). Population: 310,500 (official estimate 2000). Geography Canberra is located in the Australian Capital Territory on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, and was conceived in the early 1900s in order to create a capital city in a federal State separate from any of the uniting States. Spectacular green countryside is ringed by mountains nearly 600m (2000ft) above sea level. Lake Burley-Griffin, an artificial lake, is the main feature of this constantly expanding modern capital. Hills, trees and greenery remain prominent among the architecture of a city that is attractive, tidy, spacious and efficient as befits the national capital city. Time GMT + 10 (GMT + 11 from last Sunday in August to last Saturday in March). |