Republic of Austria Republik Österreich |
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Capital and largest city | Vienna |
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Official languages | German |
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Austro-Bavarian, Alemannic in Vorarlberg. Locally also Slovene, Burgenland Croatian and Hungarian |
Ethnic groups (2001) | 91.1% Austrians, 8.9% foreigners - 4% former Yugoslavs, 1.6% Turks, 2.4% others and unspecified |
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Demonym(s) | Austrian |
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Government | Federal Parliamentary republic |
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| Heinz Fischer |
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| Werner Faymann (SPÖ) |
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| Barbara Prammer (SPÖ) |
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| 27 July 1955 (Duchy: 1156, Austrian Empire: 1804, First Austrian Republic: 1918–1938, Second Republic since 1945) |
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• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (115th) |
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• Water (%) | 1.7 |
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• 2011 estimate | 8,414,638 (92nd) |
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• 2001 census | 8,032,926 |
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• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (99th) |
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GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate |
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• Total | $343 billion |
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• Per capita | $40.979 |
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GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate |
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• Total | $405 billion |
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• Per capita | $48,350 |
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Gini (2007) | 26 low |
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HDI (2011) | 0.885 very high · 19th |
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Currency | Euro (€) ² (EUR) |
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Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
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| UTC+02 (CEST) |
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Driving side | right |
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Calling code | 43 |
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ISO 3166 code | AT |
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Internet TLD | .at ³ |
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Austria (German: Österreich; officially called Republic of Austria), is a country in Central Europe. Around Austria there are Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. Currently, the chancellor is Werner Faymann. Austria has been a member-state of the EU since 1995.
The people in Austria speak German, a few also Hungarian, Slovenian and Croatian. The capital of Austria is Vienna (Wien).