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AUSTRIA


Capital
Wien (Vienna)

Currency
Euro (EUR)

Area
83,871 square km
land: 82,445 square km
water: 1,426 square km

Location
Austria is located in Central Europe. It does not have access to the sea. Austria is bounded on the north by Germany and the Czech Republic, on the east by Hungary, on the south by Slovenia and Italy, and on the west by Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Capital city, Vienna is located in the northeastern part of the country.

Land boundaries
2,562 km

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
highest point: Grossglockner 3 798 m

Language
German (official nationwide) above 88%, 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%

Nationality
Austrian

Religions
Roman Catholic about 73%, Protestant about 5%, Muslim about 4% and other, none approx. 12%

Time
UTC +1

National holiday

2010

01 Jan New Year's Day
06 Jan Epiphany
02 Apr - 05 Apr Easter
01 May National Holiday
13 May Ascension Day
24 May Whit Monday
03 Jun Corpus Christi
15 Aug Assumption
26 Oct National Day
01 Nov All Saints' Day
08 Dec Immaculate Conception
25 Dec - 26 Dec Christmas
 

2011

01 Jan New Year's Day
06 Jan Epiphany
22 Apr - 25 Apr Easter
01 May National Holiday
02 Jun Ascension Day
13 Jun Whit Monday
23 Jun Corpus Christi
15 Aug Assumption
26 Oct National Day
01 Nov All Saints' Day
08 Dec Immaculate Conception



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