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Broome
Population: 14500 people.
Area: 10 km2.
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Broome - a city in Western Australia, in 2200 km to the north from Perth. Large tourist the centre thanks to what during a resort season the population increases with 15000 to 30000 persons. The city was formed on a place of extraction of pearls which long time defined area economy. The first European to visit Broome was William Dampier in 1688. Many places in district are named by it. In 1883 John Forrest has chosen a site for a city and named it in honour of the governor of Western Australia of sir Frederika Broome. In 1889 the underwater cable to Singapore has been laid, having connected thereby a city to Angiej. About the danger accompanying getters of pearls tells the Japanese cemetery on which it is buried more than 900 Japanese divers. And it only those divers who have got from water. Japanese were one of the main ethnic groups which are flown down in Broome for extraction of pearls. During the Second World War of Broome was exposed to aviation bombardments. The western Australian boom of a mining industry of 1960 just as tourism development, also has helped development of Broome. Now Broome - one of most quickly growing cities in Australia. The international airport Broome provides the message with many cities. From sights it is possible to allocate small Chinese quarter and traces of a dinosaur in point of Gantium which as believe, have been left about 130 million years ago. These traces can be seen only during outflow. For swimmers threat is represented by jellyfishes who are very dangerous from November till March.

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