The City of South Perth is a local government area in the inner southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district. The City covers an area of 19.9 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi), maintains 203 kilometres (126 mi) of roads and a little over 4.3 kmĀ² of parks and gardens, and has a population of about 38,500 (2006).
The area broadly forms a peninsula, being bounded on three sides by the waters of the Swan and Canning rivers.
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