Official name: Republic of Austria
Also known as: Österreich, Republik Österreich (German)
Capital:
Vienna (Wien)
Total Area: 83,871 km² (32,383 mi²) (
114th)
Approximate population: 9,120,813 (
99th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Central Europe
Languages:
German,
Croatian,
Turkish Religions: 55.2%
Catholicism, 4.9%
Orthodoxy, 3.8%
Protestantism, 4.3%
other Christian, 22.4%
no religion, 8.3%
Islam, 1.1%
other (2021 est.)
Currency:
Euro (
€) (
EUR)
Time zone:
UTC+1 (
CETCentral European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST).), Summer (
DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').)
UTC+2 (
CESTCentral European Summer Time, sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia.)
Calling code: (
+43)
Organizations: United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union
Borders countries (8):
Czech Republic 402 km (250 mi),
Germany 801 km (498 mi),
Hungary 331 km (206 mi),
Italy 404 km (251 mi),
Liechtenstein (non-EU) 34 km (21 mi),
Slovakia 105 km (65 mi),
Slovenia 330 km (210 mi),
Switzerland (non-EU) 158 km (98 mi).
Coastline: 0 km (0 mi); landlocked)
Administrative divisions (9) states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland):
Burgenland, Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria), Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna).
Natural resources: oil, coal,
lignite, timber, iron ore, copper,
zinc,
antimony, magnesite, tungsten,
graphite, salt,
hydropower.
Interesting facts: - The Austrian flag is one of the oldest national flag in the world. It dates from 1191, when Duke Leopold V fought in the Battle of Acre during the Third Crusade.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Hollywood actor and current governor of California, grew up as an Austrian citizen.
- Vienna once served as the musical center of Europe.
- Austria has given the world many famous classical music composers, including Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, J. Strauss, Mahler, and Bruckner.