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Coober Pedy

Population: 2000 people.

Area: 4 km².

Coober Pedy is a city in the north of South Australia, in 846 kilometres to the north from Adelaide. The city is known as world capital опалов because here one of the richest deposits опалов, here is concentrated about 30 % of universal stocks. Ordinary has fallen down for the first time has been found out in Australia in 1849 at the time of a gold-rush, but noble has fallen down in Coober Pedy have found only in 1915. The name of Coober Pedy is translated from language of the Australian natives as «a hole of the white person» or «the white person underground». In the summer in district very much hot. Therefore many dwellings are under construction in caves of mountains. But it is not simple in caves, and in the apartments equipped there. From sights it is possible to allocate mines and underground churches. In general, many houses in a city are located underground. In a city there is a golf course on which in the afternoon because of hot weather play in the evenings and at the nights with illumination. On this field absolutely there is no grass. In city vicinities often shoot films.

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