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South Perth, Western Australia. South Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of South Perth. South Perth is separated from the Perth central business district (CBD) by Perth Water, a section of the Swan River. It is connected to the CBD via the Narrows ...
Council chamber buildings. The City of South Perth is a local government area in the inner southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 19.9 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi), maintains 203 kilometres (126 mi) of roads and a little ...
There are more than 350 [citation needed] suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region (colloquially known as Perth, the capital city of Western Australia) as of 2021. The name and boundary of a locality (commonly referred to as a suburb in the metropolitan region [according to whom?]) is determined under the authority of the Minister of Lands in Western Australia, and form an official component ...
Highways in Western Australia include both roads that are named as a highway, and roads that have been declared as a highway under the Main Roads Act 1930. The standard of highways range from two-lane roads, common in rural areas, to controlled access, grade separated freeways in Perth. In legislation, a highway is a type of road controlled and ...
Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia. It includes the Mediterranean-climate area of southwestern Australia, which is home to a diverse and distinctive flora and fauna. The region is also known as the Southwest Australia Global Diversity Hotspot. [1][2][3][4]
Government. Regional councils, State government. Western Australia (WA) is divided into regions according to a number of systems. The most common system is the division of the state by the Government of Western Australia into regions for economic development purposes, which comprises nine defined regions excluding the Perth metropolitan region.
There are 137 local government areas (LGAs) in Western Australia, [1] which comprise 27 cities, 102 shires, and 8 towns that manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by the Local Government Act 1995. [2] The Local Government Act 1995 also makes provision for regional local governments (referred to as "regional councils", established by ...
Perth metropolitan region. Coordinates: 31.95°S 115.86°E. Satellite image of the Perth metropolitan region at night. The Perth metropolitan region or the Perth metropolitan area is the administrative area and geographical extent of the Western Australian capital city of Perth and its conurbation. It generally includes the coastal strip from ...