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Adelaide

This article is about the Australian metropolis. For the local government area, see City of Adelaide. For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation).

Adelaide
Tarndanya (Kaurna)
South Australia
Adelaide city centre
River Torrens and central business district
Adelaide Town Hall
Adelaide Town Hall
St Peter's Cathedral
St Peter's Cathedral
General Post Office
General Post Office
SAHMRI
SAHMRI
Brookman Building
University of South Australia
Elder Park and Adelaide Oval
Elder Park and Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Victoria Square
Victoria Square
Adelaide metropolitan area
Adelaide metropolitan area
Adelaide is located in Australia
Adelaide
Adelaide
Coordinates34°55′39″S 138°36′00″E / 34.92750°S 138.60000°E / -34.92750; 138.60000
Population1,469,163 (2024)[1] (5th)
 • Density426/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Established28 December 1836 (1836-12-28)
Area3,259.8 km2 (1,258.6 sq mi)[2]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
 • Summer (DST)ACDT (UTC+10:30)
Location
LGA(s)19 municipalities across Metropolitan Adelaide
State electorate(s)Various (34)
Federal division(s)Spence, Makin, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Sturt, Boothby, Kingston
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.6 °C
73 °F		 12.4 °C
54 °F		 536.5 mm
21.1 in

Adelaide (/ˈædɪleɪd/ AD-il-ayd,[8][9] locally [ˈædəlæɪd] ⓘ; Kaurna: Tarndanya [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna.[10][11][12] The name Tarndanya in their language refers to the area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands.[13] Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches 96 km (60 mi) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south.

Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely settled British province in Australia, distinguishing it from Australia's penal colonies.[14] Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city centre and chose its location close to the River Torrens. Light's design, now listed as national heritage, set out the city centre in a grid layout known as "Light's Vision", interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by park lands. Colonial Adelaide was noted for its leading examples of religious freedom and progressive political reforms and became known as the "City of Churches" due to its diversity of faiths. It was Australia's third-most populous city until the postwar era.

Today, Adelaide is one of Australia's most visited travel destinations[15][16] and hosts many festivals and sporting events, such as the Adelaide 500, Tour Down Under, LIV Golf Adelaide, and the Adelaide Fringe, the world's second largest annual arts festival,[17] contributing to its rising tourism sector. The city has also been renowned for its automotive industry, having been the original host of the Australian Grand Prix in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 1985 to 1995. Other features include its food and wine industries, its coastline and hills, its large defence and manufacturing operations, and its emerging space sector, including the Australian Space Agency being headquartered there. Adelaide routinely ranks among the world's most liveable cities, at one stage being named the most liveable city in the country, third in the world.[18] Its aesthetic appeal has also been recognised by Architectural Digest, which ranked Adelaide as the most beautiful city in the world in 2024.[19]

As South Australia's government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in the central business district along the cultural boulevards of North Terrace and King William Street. Adelaide has also been classed as a Gamma + level global city as categorised by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with the city further linking economic regions to the worldwide economy.[20] Adelaide is connected by extensive bus, train and tram networks, all of which are operated by Adelaide Metro with its main railway terminus at the Adelaide railway station. The city is also served by Adelaide Airport, the nation's fifth largest airport, for air travel. Additionally, Port Adelaide serves as Adelaide's hub for sea travel, as well as its main seaport.

  1. ^ "Greater Adelaide". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 27 March 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Greater Adelaide (GCCSA) (4GADE)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Great Circle Distance between ADELAIDE and MELBOURNE". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Great Circle Distance between ADELAIDE and CANBERRA". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Great Circle Distance between ADELAIDE and SYDNEY". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Great Circle Distance between ADELAIDE and Brisbane". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Great Circle Distance between ADELAIDE and Perth". Geoscience Australia. March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. ^ Macquarie ABC Dictionary. The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. 2003. p. 10. ISBN 1-876429-37-2.
  9. ^ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  10. ^ SCD2018/001 – Kaurna Peoples Native Title Claim National Native Title Tribunal. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  11. ^ Kaurna Heritage City of Adelaide. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Aboriginal Culture". Experience Adelaide. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Kaurna Place Names". kaurnaplacenames.com. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  14. ^ "How well do you know our Queen?". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Most liveable city now one of most visited cities". Tourism SA. Government of South Australia. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  16. ^ Skelley, Jemima Travel 9Now (11 March 2023). "Australia's favourite domestic travel spot for 2023 named in new ranking". Travel 9Now. nine.com.au. Retrieved 20 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Adelaide Fringe Announces 2022 Impact Results". Adelaide Fringe. Solstice Media. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  18. ^ Kelsall, Thomas (9 June 2021). "Adelaide named Australia's most liveable city, third in the world". InDaily. Solstice Media. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  19. ^ "The Most Beautiful Cities in the World". Architectural Digest. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  20. ^ "The World According to GaWC 2020". lboro.ac.uk. Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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