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Victoria is a state of Australia. Victoria is the second-smallest, second-most populous and most densely-populated Australian state. It is a federated state and a parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Situated in the south-east of Australia, Victoria is bordered by the Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south, New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea to the east, and South Australia to the west. With an area of 237,659 square kilometres (91,761 sq mi), Victoria encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the north-east and the semi-arid north-west.
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