page_title: Tasmania
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Tasmania / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the terminal and apron of Hobart Airport, taken from the hill where the Control Tower is located.
context_page_description: Tasmania is an island state of Australia. It is located 240 km to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands. The state has a population of about 537,000 as of December 2019. Just more than forty percent of the population resides in the Greater Hobart precinct, which forms the metropolitan area of the state capital and largest city, Hobart.
  Tasmania's area is 68,401 km², of which the main island covers 64,519 km². It is promoted as a natural state, and protected areas of Tasmania cover about 42% of its land area, which includes national parks and World Heritage Sites. Tasmania was the founding place of the first environmental political party in the world.
  The island is believed to have been occupied by indigenous peoples for 30,000 years before British colonisation. It is thought Aboriginal Tasmanians were separated from the mainland Aboriginal groups about 11,700 years ago after the sea rose to form Bass Strait.
caption: Hobart International Airport.
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