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OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Austria
CAPITAL: Vienna
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Federal Multiparty Republic
AREA: 83,853 Sq Km (32,376 Sq Mi)
ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION 7,995,500
LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY: Austria is a small mountainous landlocked country in South Central Europe. It is bound by Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south as well as Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Althou ...
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A Country Study: Austria
Library of Congress Call Number DB17 .A8 1994
Austria
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Austria
Capital : Vienna
Major Language(s) : German
Largest City : Vienna
Date of UN Membership : 14 Dec. 1955
Largest City Population (in thousands, 1995) : 2060
Latitude/Longitude (at largest city) : 48°15'N 16°22'E
Currency : schilling@1
GDP (million US$, 1997) : 206236
Area (km2) : 83859
Total Population (in thousands, 1999) : 8177
Population Density (per square km., 1997) : 96
GDP Per Capita (US$, 1997) : 25465
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Austria Geography 2000
Location: Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia
Geographic coordinates: 47 20 N, 13 20 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total: 83,858 sq km
land: 82,738 sq km
water: 1,120 sq km
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Legend attributes the Austrian colors to Duke Leopold V, whose tunic supposedly became bloodstained, except for the white area under his belt, during the Battle of Ptolemais (1191). Historians, however, discredit this story. The earliest known example of the red-white-red coat of arms dates from the seal of Duke Frederick II in 1230. With the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918, the new Austrian republic adopted the red-white-red flag. The white is sometimes said to repr ...
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Country (long form)Republic of Austria
CapitalVienna
Total Area32,377.75 sq mi
83,858.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maine)
Population8,150,835 (July 2001 est.)
Estimated Population in 20507,698,412
LanguagesGerman
Literacy98.0% total, N/A% male, N/A% female
ReligionsRoman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, Muslim and other 17%
Life Expectancy74.68 male, 81.15 female (2001 est.)
Government Typefederal republic
Currency1 euro (EUR) = 100 c ...
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