Austria Facts & Figures

Adulthood: 18

Annual per capita income: $US34,100 (2006 estimate)

Area: 82,444 square km

Biggest City: Vienna

Capital: Vienna

Cars: 5,646,882 (2005)

Currency: euro EUR (prev. Austrian Schilling)

Driving: On the right

Drugs: All illicit drugs still criminalized; fines/and or imprisionment for possession. Heroin in the same class as cannabis, though small amounts of cannabis are usually not prosecuted

Economic growth in 2006: 3.3%

Economic output: Austria has a well-developed market economy and high standard of living. Austria's economy has strong links with Germany and neighboring Eastern European states.

Electricity: 220 AC, 50 cycles

Ethnic groups: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosnians), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, others 2.4%

Football Association: ÖFB, Österreichischer Fussball-Bund

Football League: Bundesliga - 2 divisions of 10 teams each

Government: federal republic, parliamentary democracy

Highest Mountain: Grossglockner 3798m

International access code: +43

Internet country code: .at

Internet users: 4.65 million (2005)

Main export partners:
Germany 31.2%, Italy 8.7%, USA 5.8%, Switzerland 5.2%, France 4.2% (2005 estimate)

Main imports partners:
Germany 45.9%, Italy 6.6%, Switzerland 4.5% (2005 estimate)

Military: compulsory military service

Mobile phones: 8.16m (2005 estmate)

National team uniform: black and white

Population density: 596 per square mile

Population: 8,192,880 (July 2006 estimate.)

Principal cities & populations:
Vienna 3,390,000
Graz 250,000
Linz 188,968
Salzburg 150,000
Innsbruck 117,000

Pro soccer teams: 20 teams in 2 divisions of the Bundesliga

Ruling party: Social Democrats

Stock market: Wiener Börse

Time: Central European Time: GMT +1 hour (Daylight saving time (DST) last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October)

Tourism: (visitors 2005): 19.95 million

Unemployment: 4.9% (2006 estimate)

Urban population: 66% (2005 estimate)

Video system: PAL

Wettest month: July (in Vienna)

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