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Austria is a landlocked mountainous country located in South-Central Europe. It is geographically positioned both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. Austria is bordered by 8 countries: by Czech Republic in the north; by Slovakia in the northeast; by Hungary in the east; by Slovenia in the south, by Italy in the southwest; by ...
It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.
Austria is bordered to the north by the Czech Republic, to the northeast by Slovakia, to the east by Hungary, to the south by Slovenia, to the southwest by Italy, to the west by Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and to the northwest by Germany. It extends roughly 360 miles (580 km) from east to west.
Austria joined the EU in 1995, but the obligation to remain neutral kept it from joining NATO, although the country became a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace program in 1995. Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
Austria is a predominantly mountainous country in Central Europe, approximately between Germany, Italy and Hungary. [1] It has a total area of 83,871 square kilometres (32,383 sq mi). [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Capital: Vienna. Area: 83,871 sq km. Population: 9.02 million. Languages: German, plus Hungarian, Slovene, Burgenland Croatian. Life expectancy: 78 years (men) 83 years (women) LEADERS. President:...
Austria, [lower-alpha 5] formally the Republic of Austria, [lower-alpha 6] is a country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. [13] It is a federation of nine states , one of which is the capital, Vienna , the most populous city and state.