Western Australia
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Subpage(s) | •Western Australia/Premier |
Large Australian state isolated from the others by deserts |
Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the western 32.9 percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories.[1] It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, and the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres (975,685 sq mi). It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. As of 2021,[update] the state has about 2.67 million inhabitants Template:Ndash around 10.4 percent of the national total.[2] The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated.
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Group | Start | Description |
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University of Western Australia | 1911 | Western Australia University with 106 Rhodes Scholars |
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