Austria (Österreich)

Official name: Republic of Austria
Also known as: Österreich, Republik Österreich (German)

Austria administrative divisions
Capital: Vienna (Wien)
Total Area: 83,871 km² (32,383 mi²) (114th)
Approximate population: 9,027,999
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)
Organizations: United Nations, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Union
World's 112th largest country
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.