Austria

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Republik Österreich


Official flag	Official Coat of Arms

National information

National motto:

National anthem:

"Land der Berge, Land am Strome"

About the people

Official languages:

German

Population:
(# of people)

Total: 8.150.835 ab. (2000)
(ranked #86°)
Density: 97 per km²

Geography / Places

Here is the country on a map of the world.

Capital city:

Vienna

Largest city:

Vienna

Area

Total: 83.858 km²
(ranked #112°)
Water: 1,3 km² (n/a%)

Politics / Government

Established:

July 27, 1955

Leaders:

President: Heinz Fischer

Economy / Money

Currency:
(Name of money)

Euro

International information

Time zone:

Telephone dialing code:

+43

Internet domain:

.at

Austria (german: Österreich) is a country in Central Europe. Around Austria there are Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is officially called "Republic of Austria". Austria is a member-state of the EU from 1995. In German, Austria is called Österreich. Austria was the birth place of Adolf Hitler, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauß, many other famous people like Sigmund Freud and Ludwig van Beethoven lived in Austria.

Famous people from Austria : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Herrmann Maier Arnold Schwarzenegger Harald Cerny and Stefan Lexa, football players in German` s second leauge Luttenberger-Klug, a famous pop band Wolfgang Schüssel

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Dependencies: Akrotiri and Dhekelia² - Faroe Islands - Gibraltar - Guernsey - Jan Mayen - Jersey - Isle of Man - Svalbard
Unrecognised countries: Abkhazia \| Nagorno-Karabakh² \| South Ossetia \| Transnistria \| Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus²
1. Country partly in Asia. 2. Geographically in Asia, but often counted as part of Europe for cultural and historical reasons.

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