Government

parliamentary representative democracy since 1945

Administration

9 federal states

Capital City

Vienna
approx. 1.7 million inhabitants

National Flag

Three equal horizontal bands of red - white - red.


The flag is considered to be one of the oldest still in use (about 1230 A.D.)

Anthem

„Land der Berge, Land am Strome"
 by Johann Holzer/Paula von Preradovic

Population (est. 2007)

approx. 8,3 million

Area

Approx. 84.000 km²

Official Languages

German
Locally also Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian

EU accession

January 1, 1995

Currency

Euro (before 2002: Austrian Schilling)

GDP (2007)

€ 270,837 billion gross
€ 32.570 per capita

Religions

Roman-catholic (approx. 75%)
Protestant (approx. 5%)

Time Zone

CET (UTC +1 )
CEST (UTC + 2 in summer)

Internet TLD

.at

Calling Code

+43

Highest Mountain

Großglockner 3.797 m