Australian Capital Territory
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| Australian Capital Territory | |||||
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| Slogan or Nickname: "The Nations Heart" or "The Capital" | |||||
| Motto(s): For the Queen, the Law and the People | |||||
| File:Australian Capital Territory locator-MJC.png Other Australian states and territories | |||||
| Capital | Canberra | ||||
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| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| Administrator | Governor General of Australia | ||||
| Chief Minister | Jon Stanhope (ALP) | ||||
| Federal representation | |||||
| - House seats | 2 | ||||
| - Senate seats | 2 | ||||
| Gross Territorial Product (2006-07) | |||||
| - Product ($m) | $20,985[1] (6th) | ||||
| - Product per capita | $62,793 (2nd) | ||||
| Population (End of June 2007) | |||||
| - Population | 339,900 (7th) | ||||
| - Density | 144.15/km² (1st) 373.3 /sq mi | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 2,358 km² (8th) 910 sq mi | ||||
| - Land | 2,280 km² 880 sq mi | ||||
| - Water | 77.6 km² (3.29%) 30 sq mi | ||||
| Elevation | |||||
| - Highest | Bimberi Peak 1,912 m (6,273 ft) | ||||
| - Lowest | Murrumbidgee River 429 m (1,407 ft) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+10 (+11 DST) | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| - Postal | ACT | ||||
| - ISO 3166-2 | AU-CT | ||||
| Emblems | |||||
| - Floral | Royal Bluebell[2] | ||||
| - Faunal | Gang-gang cockatoo[3] | ||||
| - Colours | Blue and Gold [1] | ||||
| Web site | www.act.gov.au | ||||
Australia's federal government is centred the city of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, a small enclave carved out of southern New South Wales.
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