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Official name |
Republic of Austria |
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| Location |
83,858 km²
Located in Central Europe, south of Germany and the Czech Republic, east
of Switzerland, west of Slovakia and Hungary, and north of Italy and Slovenia,
Austria is a bridge between Eastern and Western Europe. |
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Population |
8,263,000 (2006)
Seven minorities (Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Bosnians, Turks, Hungarians,
Romanians) |
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Language |
German (98%) |
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Religions |
Christian 83% (Cath. 78%, Prot. 5%); Moslem 5%
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Capital |
Vienna (1.5 millions inhabitants) |
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Political system |
Federal republic made up of nine states, or “Länder”: Upper Austria, Salzburg,
Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Carinthia, Styria, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Vienna. |
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| Constitution |
On April 27, 1945, seven years after
Germany’s annexation of Austria (“Anschluss”), the provisional Austrian
government published a declaration of independence that reinstated the
constitution of the First Republic, adopted in 1920 and amended in 1925 and
1929. |
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| Right to vote |
18 years of age |
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Embassy and consulates |
Foreign representations in Québec |
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