List of countries and capitals with currency and language in australia
Australia[edit]
.svg) Geopolitical Oceania | |
| Area |
8,560,000 km2
(3,310,000 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Population | 38,304,000 (2013, 5th) |
| Pop. density | 4.47 per km2 (11.57 per sq mi) |
| Countries | 14 (list of countries) |
| Languages | List of languages |
| Time zones | UTC-2 to UTC-5 |
Main articles: Oceania and List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania
See also: Australia (continent) and Pacific Islands
Further information: Geography of Oceania
For a table of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania with geographical data such as area, population, and population density, see here.
Australia (UK /ˌoʊʃɪˈɑːnɪə/ or /ˌoʊsɪˈɑːnɪə/;[22] US /ˌoʊʃiːˈæniːə/)[23] is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean.[24] Opinions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of theSouth Pacific (ethnologically divided into the subregions of Melanesia,Micronesia, and Polynesia)[25] to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Maritime Southeast Asia.The term is sometimes used more specifically to denote a continent comprising Australiaand proximate islands,[26][27][28][29] or biogeographically as a synonym for either the Australasian ecozone (Wallacea and Australasia) or the Pacific ecozone (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia apart either from New Zealand[30] or from mainland New Guinea).[31]
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