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Road Traffic:right side
Electricity:
Voltage:230V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:C, F,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL G
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia
Area:
total: 83,870 sq km
land: 82,444 sq km
water: 1,426 sq km
Climate:
temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers
Terrain:
in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping
Economy
GDP:
$325 billion (2008 est.)
$319.9 billion (2007)
$314 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
1.6% (2008 est.)
3.1% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$39,200 (2008 est.)
$39,500 (2007 est.)
$38,300 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 3.7% (2008 est.)
Currency: euro (EUR)
Exchange rates:
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
People
Population: 8,210,281 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 0.052% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
Languages:
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Government
Capital:
name: Vienna
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence:
976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 12 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)
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