Adelaide

Adelaide
*Tarndanya*
South Australia
Adelaide; TarndanyaSouth Australia
	From top to bottom: A view of the Adelaide plains looking South towards the Adelaide Hills.; The Torrens River at night with the Torrens river footbridge illuminated.; Adelaide Oval during a cricket match with the Adelaide Oval scoreboard to the left and St Peter's Cathedral to the right.; Henley Beach, one of the beaches along the Adelaide coastline of the Gulf St Vincent, with the Henley Beach Jetty in the background.;
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Coordinates	34°55′44.4″S 138°36′3.6″E / 34.929000°S 138.601000°ECoordinates: 34°55′44.4″S 138°36′3.6″E / 34.929000°S 138.601000°E
Population	1,324,279 (2016) (5th)
• Density	406.507/km2 (1,052.85/sq mi) (2011)
Established	28 December 1836
Area	3,257.7 km2 (1,257.8 sq mi)
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	654 km (406 mi) NW of Melbourne ; 958 km (595 mi) West of Canberra ; 1,161 km (721 mi) West of Sydney ; 1,600 km (994 mi) SW of Brisbane ; 2,130 km (1,324 mi) East of Perth ;

Adelaide (Kaurna: Tarndanyacode: zku is deprecated ) is a city in Australia. It is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and it has an approximate population of 1.2 million people.

Flag of Adelaide

Coat of arms of Adelaide

It is the fifth biggest city in Australia, behind Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Adelaide was founded in 1836 by Colonel William Light, who named it after Queen Adelaide.

Adelaide is near the Southern Ocean and is north of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It has a river going through it called the River Torrens. Many festivals are held there. Adelaide has a hot-summer and cool-wet-winter Mediterranean climate. Grapes for wine production are grown in the Barossa Valley about 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Adelaide, in the McLaren Vale about 30 kilometres south of Adelaide and parts of the Mt Lofty Ranges to the east.

Adelaide Media

Queen Adelaide, after whom the city was named.
In July 1876, the Illustrated Sydney News published a special supplement that included an early aerial view of the City of Adelaide: (South) Adelaide (the CBD), River Torrens, and portion of North Adelaide from a point above Strangways Terrace, North Adelaide
North Terrace in 1841
The intersection of North Terrace and King William Street viewed from Parliament House, 1938.
An aerial view of Adelaide in 1935, when it was Australia's third largest city. Of note is that only the eastern half of the new Parliament House (to left of station) had been completed.
Adelaide's eastern skyline during 2022 Australia Day celebrations
Victoria Square illuminated at night circa 2014.
A map of the Adelaide metropolitan area, with some suburbs named.