Travel Guide, Austria
Austria is a land of mountains and lakes with spectacular scenery and great traditions and cultural heritage. Best known for its wintersports opportunities, it also enjoys warm, sunny summers so is a great all year round destination.
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Fast Facts
- When to go: All year round
- Population: 8,210,281 inhabitants
- Area: 83,870 km2
- Capital: Vienna
- Language(s): German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
- Altitude (in meters): 0
- Telephone code (prefix): 0043
- Major exports: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs
- Major imports: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs
- http://www.austria.gv.at
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