Sydney (aus)

Sydney

Sydney ranks 37th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San Francisco, Istanbul, and Venice. Memorable people born in Sydney include Tamam Shud case, John Cornforth, and Scott Morrison. Memorable people who died in Sydney include Patrick White, Michael Halliday, and Viktor Saneyev. Sydney has been the birth place of many actors, and athletes and the death place of many tennis players, and swimmers. Sydney is located in Australia.

Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. Read more on Wikipedia