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Austria - GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food



Population



Main Cities Population
Vienna   2,100,000  
Graz   237  
Linz   203  
Salzburg   143  
Innsbruck   118  
Bregenz   115  



Total population (millions): 8.1
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population: 66%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth: 0.3%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) : 83,86


Population origin

Origin of the population% Of the population
Austrian 93.5 %
Turkish 1.6 %
German 0.8 %
Croats 0.4 %
Slovenes 0.2 %
Other 3.5 %




Local time


It is %T:%M %A in Vienna


GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer


Languages


Official language: German
Business language: German and English.

Free translation tools in Austria :
Babel Fish
Free English-German-English translator of texts and web pages

Systran
Free English-German-English translator of texts and web pages

Eurodicautom
The European Union Dictionary (12 languages avalaible)

Leo
German-English-German dictionary with over 300,000 entries



Religion


Religious practises : Catholics 81.1%
Atheists 8.1%
Protestants 5.9%
Muslims 2.2%
Jews 0.2%
Others 2.5%


Political system


Austria is a federal democratic republic*, the parliament is composed of 2 chambers: The House of Deputies counts 183 members, directly elected by the people, by proportional representation and for a 4-year term. It approves the national laws. The Senate, counts 64 members, appointed by the various regional assemblies, directly elected by the people.
President : Heinz Fischer (SP? since the 8th of July of 2004.


Climate

 


Tourism

Number of visitors in Austria 2002 2003 2004 World rank
Number of visitors (1000) 18611   19078   19373   10
Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

 

Tourist sites


-Vienna and its Operas
-The city of Salzburg is famous for its festival and as a place where numerous artists and writers lived
-The numerous ski resorts in the Austrian Alps.

For more information about tourism in Austria , check out the following web site(s) :
Austrian National Tourist Office


Food


Traditional dishes


The Viennese cooking is strongly influenced by Czech, Hungarian, and even Baltic cookery. There is a wide range of specialities with various flavours. The various provinces managed to preserve their culinary patrimony. This way, regional specialities can be found in all hotels and restaurants.
Austrian gastronomy is famous for its cakes (Sacher Torte), its excellent cooked pork meats and its famous white wines (coteaux of Lower Austria, Styria and Burgenland).

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