Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.

The City of Sydney is the local government area covering the Sydney central business district and surrounding inner city suburbs of the Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Die Metropolregion (Sydney Metropolitan Area) umfasst eine Fläche von 12.138 Quadratkilometern. Sie reicht vom Hawkesbury River im Norden bis jenseits der Botany Bay im Süden und von den Blue Mountains im Westen bis zum Pazifischen Ozean im Osten. Sydney erstreckt sich über zwei geographische Regionen.

Sydney (prononcé en français / s i d. n ɛ / [1] ; en anglais / ˈ s ɪ d. n i / [2] Écouter) est la ville la plus peuplée d'Australie et du continent océanien, ainsi que la capitale de l'État de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud (mais n'est cependant pas la capitale de l'Australie, qui est Canberra).

Sydney (Dharuk: Gadi, also Warrang) is a city on the east coast of Australia which is the capital city of New South Wales. About five and a half million people live in Sydney which makes it the biggest city in both Australia and Oceania .

Mar 30, 2025 · Sydney, city, capital of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Located on Australia’s southeastern coast, Sydney is the country’s largest city and, with its magnificent harbour and strategic position, is one of the most important ports in the South Pacific.

The history of Sydney is the story of the peoples of the land that has become modern Sydney. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common in the Sydney area.

Many of the individual cultures that make up the Sydney mosaic are centred on the cultural, artistic, ethnic, linguistic and religious communities formed by waves of immigration. Sydney is a major global city with a vibrant scene of musical, theatrical, visual, …

At the 2021 census, there were 2,260,410 people living in Sydney that were born overseas, accounting for 43.2% of the population of Sydney, [2] above Vancouver (42.5%), Los Angeles (37.7%), New York City (37.5%), Chicago (20.7%), Paris (14.6%) and Berlin (13%).

Sydney as viewed from Tasman Sea, overlooking the sandstone cliffs in Vaucluse Satellite photo of the Sydney area. The geography of Sydney is characterised by its coastal location on a basin bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Blue Mountains to the west, the Hawkesbury River to the north and the Woronora Plateau to the south.