Where is Melbourne?

Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia, the capital of Victoria, with the reputation of "Garden State" and an important industrial town in Australia. Melbourne is famous for its strong cultural atmosphere, greening, fashion, food, entertainment and sports activities. Melbourne's green coverage rate is as high as 40%. Victorian architecture, trams, opera houses, galleries, museums, tree-lined gardens and streets constitute Melbourne's elegant style. The central street in Elbene is Spencer Street to the west, flinders Street along Yarra River to the south, Spring Street lined with magnificent buildings such as the State Capitol and Financial Building to the east, and Victoria Street to the north, forming a square of about 2 square kilometers. The chessboard city surrounded by these four streets is the city appearance of the main streets in downtown Melbourne. Broadly speaking, Melbourne includes the metropolis Melbourne, which consists of the above-mentioned melbourne central District and hundreds of other suburbs, that is, Melbourne with a population of over three million and an area of 88,365,438+0 square kilometers. Melbourne, with a population of about 3.74 million (3,744,373 according to the 2006 census), is a city inhabited by immigrants. Most new immigrants to Australia have gone to Melbourne and Sydney. Now (2007 data), about100000 new immigrants arrive in Australia every year, and about one third of them settle in Melbourne. Immigrants started a new life in Melbourne, but they also brought their own national traditions and habits. One-third of Melbourne residents were born as immigrants outside Australia, and more than 180 languages are spoken in Melbourne. Melbourne has immigrants from 233 countries and regions around the world, 1 16 religious beliefs. In addition to the main languages English, Greek, Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Korean and other languages. In the letters that Melbourne residents usually receive from government departments and public service departments, in addition to English, the telephone numbers of interpretation services are listed in 16 commonly used non-English languages to facilitate residents who are not familiar with English to communicate with government departments. People of different races live together and have different styles in living habits, festivals and restaurants, which brings rich multicultural interests to Melbourne.