AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA is a nation located in the south hemisphere, which occupies almost everything the continental part of Oceania, the smallest continent of the world, besides several islands in the oceans Pacific Ocean, Indian and Antarctic. The countries near to Australia Indonesia, East Timor and Papuan include New Guinea in the northern part, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependence of New Caledonia to the North-East, and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia is the biggest sixth country of the world and the biggest of Oceania.

Government:
The Union of Australia is a constitutional monarchy and has a system of parliamentary government. The Queen Isabel II is nowadays the boss of the Australian State and the formal title degree uses Reigns of Australia, fulfilling a role different from the one that he(she) exercises in other kingdoms of the Union. it is nominally represented by the General Governor to federal level and by the governor of every condition state. Though the Constitution offers wide executive power to the General Governor, the putting in practice of the same ones is carried out generally only by the advice of the Prime minister.

States and territorios:Australia is divided by it in six conditions states, two continental territories and other minor territories. The conditions are New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Southern Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), Victory (VIC) and Western Australia (WA). Both continental territories are the Territory of the North (NT) and the Territory of the Australian Capital.

 Climate and geografía:Los 7.686.850 km ² of surface of Australia are in the plate indoaustraliana. Surrounded by the oceans Indian, Glacial Antarctic and Pacific Ocean, it is separated from Asia by the seas of Arafura and Timor. Australia has a coastal line of 25.760 km and claims a wide economic exclusive zone of 8.148.250 km ². This economic exclusive zone does not include the Territory Australian Antarctic.

Flora and fauna: Though great part of Australia is desert or semiarid, a great diversity of habitats exists in her(it), from Alpine heaths to rainy tropical jungles. Due to the great age of the continent, small fertility of his soils, it is different extremely changeable climates and   long isolation of the rest of the continents, the Australian biota is the only(unique) and diverse. About 85 % of plant(floor) with flower, 84 % of the mammals, more than 45 % of the birds, and 90 % of the fish of coastal moderate(tepid) zones are endémicos.14 Many of the ecorregiones from Australia and with the autochthonous species(kinds) that live in them they are threatened by the human activities and by the introduction of exotic species.

Economy: Australia possesses a prosperous mixed western economy, with a revenue per capita lightly superior to that of the United Kingdom, Germany and France, in terms(ends) of parity of buying power. The nation is thirdly in the Index of Human Development carried out in 2005 by the United Nations, being overcome only by Norway and Iceland; The Economist (2005) occupies the sixth position(place) in the qualit index of life of the magazine. In the recent years, the Australian economy has resisted the economic world fall(bassoon), which becomes visible in the growth of  home economics and in the maintenance of the business and the consumerism.

coins: Australian National Australian dollar, Australian
More populated city Sydney
Official languages Englishman(English)
Form of government parliamentary Monarchy
The capital · Population · Coordinates Camberra 323,645 hab. (2004 35) ° 15 ' S 149 ° 28 ' And