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| General Information | |
| Country: | Austria |
| State Capital: | Vienna |
| ISO 3166-2: | AT-9 |
| Vehicle Registration: | W |
| Community Identification Number: | 90101 - 92301 |
| Postal codes: | 1010 - 1239, 1400, 1450 |
| Area code: | 01 |
| Homepage: | www.wien.gv.at |
| State Flag of Vienna | |
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| Map: Vienna in Austria | |
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| Name in Other Languages | |
| German | Wien |
| Afrikaans | Wene |
| Albanian | Vjena |
| Bulgarian | Виена |
| Czech | Vídeň |
| Dutch | Wenen |
| French | Vienne |
| Greek | Βιέννη |
| Hebrew | וינה |
| Hungarian | Bécs |
| Italian | Vienna |
| Lithuanian | Viena |
| Polish | Wiedeń |
| Portuguese | Viena |
| Romani | Bech or Vidnya |
| Romanian | Viena |
| Russian | Вена |
| Serbo-Croatian | Beč |
| Slovak | Viedeň |
| Slovenian | Dunaj |
| Spanish | Viena |
| Swahili | Winna |
| Turkish | Viyana |
| Politics | |
| Mayor and governor | Michael Häupl (SPÖ) |
| Governing Party | SPÖ |
| Seats in the Municipal Council (100 seats): |
SPÖ 55 ÖVP 18 Greens 14 FPÖ 13 |
| Last Election: | 23 October 2005 |
| Next Election: | October 2010 |
| Population | |
| Population: | 1,651,437 (31.12.2005)[1] 2,165,357 metro area |
| Population density: | 3,931.3/km² |
| Geography | |
| Area: | 414.90 km² |
| - percent land: | 395.51 km² (95,33%) |
| - percent water: | 19.39 km² (4,67%) |
| Location: | 48°13′N 16°22′E |
| Dimensions: | North-South: 22.4 km East-West: 29.2 km |
| Highest Point: | 543 m (Hermannskogel) |
| Lowest Point: | 151 m (Lobau) |
| Administrative Structure | |
| Districts: | 1 Statutarstadt 23 Bezirke |
| Map: Districts of Vienna | |
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Vienna (in German: Wien) is the capital city of Austria. It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1 million 6 hundred thousand people live there. It is the largest city of Austria. It is also an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own.
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Districts
There are 23 districts in Vienna. They include:
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Culture
There are many old buildings, churches and museums in the city centre. Classical music and opera are popular in Vienna. The composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Brahms all worked in Vienna. Vivaldi also died in Vienna.
Vienna is also the name of a song about the city, by the British group Ultravox.
Vienna is the Home of the national successful Soccer-Clubs SK Rapid Wien and FK Austria Magna.
References
Other websites
- Official Website of the city of Vienna (English)
- WorldFlicks in Vienna: Photos and interesting places on Google Maps
