Brief Info

Formal Name:  
Republic of Austria

Government type:
Federal republic

Capital:  Vienna

Geographic Coordinates 
Area: 
83,870 sq km

Water: 1,426 sq km

Land: 82,444 sq km

Geography — note:
Landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere

Land Boundaries:
Total: 2,562 km

Border countries:
Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Population (2006 est.):
8,192,880  (growth rate: 0.09%); birth rate 8.7/1000; life expectancy: 79.1; density per sq mi: 256

Ethnic groups:
Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4%

Monetary Unit: Euro (formerly schilling)

Language:

German 98%; Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
Religion:

Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Islam 4%, none 12%

Time: UTC/GMT +2

Dialing Code: +43 (UK)

Domain Zone: .at

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