Clockwise from top left: Sunset at City Beach, Black swan and
family by the Swan River, St Georges Terrace at night, the city
skyline from Kings Park, Sorrento Beach, and Parliament House
|Population||1,897,548 (30 June 2012) (4th)| |•
Density||285.5/km² (739.4/sq mi) (June 2011)| |Area||5,386 km²
(2,079.5 sq mi)| |Time zone||AWST (UTC+8)| |State/territory
electorate(s)||Perth (and 41 others)| |Federal
Division(s)||Perth (and 10 others)| 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 1.9 million living in Greater Perth.
Part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, the
majority of the metropolitan area of Perth is 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. Pe