Australia is the only country that is also a continent, located between the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. It has a population of over 22 million people and its capital is Canberra. Some key facts: - Australia has an area of 7.7 million square kilometers and is the sixth largest country. - Its official name is the Commonwealth of Australia and its official language is English. - Major cities include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, with Sydney hosting the 2000 Summer Olympics. - Australia has unique wildlife including kangaroos, dingoes, and koalas not found anywhere else.

1. Australia
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2.  Australia is the only country in the
world that is also a continent. It is the
sixth large country and the smallest
continent. Australia lies between the
South Pacific Ocean and the Indian
Ocean. It is situated about 11 000 km
southwest of North America and about
8200 km southeast of mainland Asia.
The name of the country comes from
Latin word «australis» which mean
southern. The country's official name
is Commonwealth of Australia.

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4. Australia nature

5.  AUSTRALIA area - 7.7 million km
Population - 22.3 million people
(2010). Capital - Canberra (370
thousand people) orderly - country in
the Commonwealth, federal state. The
territory - 6 states, 2 territories. The
official language - English. Religion -
Christianity. Currency - Australian
dollar. GDP per capita - $ 36,918

6. Cities of Australia
There are 5 (five) big cities
in Australia: Sydney,
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
and Brisbane.

7. Sydney - the capital of the XXII
Summer Olympic Games in 2000

8. Melbourne (3.7mln) In Melbourne
headquarters of three major corporations
avstralyyskyh: Telstra, BHP Billiton, National
Australia Bank

9. Brisbane (1.9 million). Center mining (coal, gold) iron
and steel, automotive industry. MIC Shipbuilding
Enterprises C / d production

10. Perth (1.5 million), capital of Western Australia
Centre for the steel industry, shipbuilding and
automotive, woodworking.

11. Adelaida (1 million) Adelaida - compact and
elegant capital of South Australia, tourism and
wine

12. There are many wild animals in Australia.
Some of them, such as the kangaroo, the
dingo and the koala are not found in any other
country of the world.