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Republik Österreich
Republic of Austria
Capital Vienna
48°12′N 16°21′E
Largest city Vienna
Official language(s) German (official)
Slovenian (reg.) Croatian (reg.) Hungarian (reg.)
Austrian Sign Language 
Government >Republic
 - President Heinz Fischer
 - Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel
Independence  
 - Austrian State Treaty October 26, 1955 
Accession to EU January 1, 1995
Area  
 - Total 83,871 km² (113th)
  32,383 sq mi 
 - Water (%) 1.3
Population  
 - 2005 est. 8,189,000 (>92nd)
 - 2001 census 8,032,926
 - Density 97/km² (78th)
251/sq mi 
GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate
 - Total $267 billion (35th)
 - Per capita $32,962 (9th)
HDI (2003) 0.936 (17th) – high
Currency Euro¹ (EUR)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Internet TLD .at
Calling code +43
¹ Prior to 2002: Austrian Schilling


 
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Vienna Vienna possesses many park facilities and is one of the greenest cities in the world. The most famous parks and green areas are the Stadtpark, the Burggarten and Volksgarten, which belong to the Hofburg, the Schloßpark of Castle Belvedere with the Vienna Botanic Gardens, the Donaupark, the Schönbrunner Schlosspark, the Prater, the Augarten, the Rathauspark, the Lainzer Tiergarten, the Dehnepark, the Resselpark, the Votivpark, the Kurpark Oberlaa, the Auer-Welsbach-Park and the Türkenschanzpark, Laaer-Berg with the Bohemian Prater and the foothills of the Wienerwald (Viennese Forest), which reaches into the outer areas of the city. Small parks, known by the Viennese as Beserlparks, are everywhere in the inner-city areas.
 
 


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