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Adelaide ((listen) AD-ə-Layd) is the capital of the state of South Australia and the fifth most populous city in Australia. The demonym Adelaidean used to denote the city and residents of Adelaide. Adelaide is located in Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf of St Vincent to the west and Mount Lofty Ranges to the east. Its metropolitan area reaches 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foot of the raised assembly spans and extends 96 km (60 mi) from Gawler in the north to the south Sellicks Beach. Named after Queen Adelaide, consort of King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city center and chose its location close to the River Torrens in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people and called Tarndanyangga ( "the place of the red kangaroo"). Light design, now as a national heritage listed city center in a grid layout, spacing of wide boulevards and large squares, and entirely surrounded by parkland. Early colonial Adelaide was shaped by the diversity and richness of its free settlers, in contrast to the convict history of other Australian cities. Until the postwar period, it was Australia's third largest city. It has been noted for his leading example of freedom of religion and progressive political reform, and became known as the "City of Churches" because of its diversity of religions. Today Adelaide is known for its many festivals and sporting events, its food and wine, its coastline and hills, and its large defense and manufacturing industries. Adelaide's quality of life has ranked consistently high in various measures by the 21st century. As South Australia government and commercial center, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in the city center along the cultural boulevards of North Terrace and King William Street. .... Learn more at Wikipedia
Being centrally located on the Australian mainland, Adelaide forms a strategic hub for east-west and north-south routes. The town itself has a metropolitan public transport run by and called the Adelaide Metro. Adelaide Metro consists of a contracted bus system including the O-Bahn Busway, 6 commuter routes (gas and electricity), and a small tram network operating between internal Hind suburbs, city center and the sea Glenelg. Tramways largely dismantled in the 1950s, but saw a revival in the 2010s with upgrades and additions. A proposal to significantly extend the tram network called AdeLINK is resting after a change of government government.Road transport in Adelaide has historically been easier than many of the other Australian cities, with a well-defined city layout and wide multiple lane roads from the beginning of its development. Adelaide was known as a "twenty-minute city", with commuters were able to travel from metropolitan outskirts to the city proper in about twenty minutes. Such roads often experience congestion as the city grows. Adelaide metropolitan area has a highway and three highways. In construction, they are: Southeast Freeway (M1), connecting the southeastern corner of Adelaide Plain to the Adelaide Hills and then to Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend, where it then continues as National Highway 1 south to Melbourne. Southern Expressway (M2), which connects the outer southern suburbs with the inner southern suburbs and the city center. It duplicates the way South Road. The north-south motorway (M2), is a major ongoing project that will become the main north-south corridor, which will replace most of what is now South Road, which connects the South Expressway and the Northern Expressway through a highway without traffic lights. From 2020 Highway northern half is complete (except for a small link under construction at Croydon Park), which connects the North Expressway to Adelaide inside the northwest; the section running through the Adelaide inner west and southwest interior awaits funding. Port River Expressway (A9) connecting Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor to Port Wakefield Road in the north "input" to the capital region. Northern Expressway (Max Fatchen Expressway) (M2) is the northern suburbs bypass route connecting the Sturt Highway (National Highway 20) through the Gawler Bypass to Port Wakefield Road at a point a few kilometers north of Port River Expressway connecting.
| Name | Adelaide |
|---|---|
| Long Name | Adelaide, SA, Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Map | Open Map |
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