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Info about Austria
Slightly smaller than Maine, Austria includes much of the mountainous territory of the eastern Alps (about 75% of the area). The country contains many snowfields, glaciers, and snowcapped peaks, the highest being the Grossglockner (12,530 ft; 3,819 m). The Danube is the principal river. Forests and woodlands cover about 40% of the land.
Capital
Vienna
- 2 179 000 people
all city from Austria
Country lead by
President: Heinz Fischer (2004)
Chancellor: Alfred Gusenbauer (2007)
Population
8,192,880 (growth rate: 0.1%); birth rate 8.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.6/1000; life expectancy: 79.1; density per sq mi: 256
Land Area
31,942 sq mi (82,730 sq km); total area: 32,382 sq mi (83,870 sq km)
Monetary unit
Euro (formerly schilling)
Language
German (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
Ethnicity
Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001)
Religion
Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Islam 4%, none 12% (2001)
Transportation
Railways: total: 6,021 km (3,552 km electrified) (2004). Highways: 133,718 km; paved: 133,718 km (including 1,677 km of expressways) (2003). Waterways: 358 km (2003). Ports and harbors: Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna. Airports: 55 (2005).
Internet tld
.at
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