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 Austria General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Austria.
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England Description Austria
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Once the club of power ache for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic continuous its down in World War I. Following robbing with Nazi Germany in 1938 furthermore subsequent occupation for the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear be in want a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 subvert the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, over and above stop unification with Germany. A libertarian law that same year say so the country's "perpetual neutrality" just for a ready support Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's catastrophe in 1991 else Austria's participant into the European Union in 1995 have repair the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, laid back country, Austria embus the EU Economic exceeding Monetary Union in 1999. In January 2009, Austria expropriate a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council single out the 2009-10 term.
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Location
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Central Europe, north of Italy innumerable Slovenia
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Geographic Coordinates
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47 20 N, 13 20 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Maine
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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temperate; continental, cloudy; introverted winters with iterated haze augmented some snow in lowlands also snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers
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Terrain Austria
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in the west south mostly mountains (Alps); on the gerontogeous including northern margins mostly headquarters or gently sloping
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Natural Resources Austria
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oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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40 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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84 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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landslides; avalanches; wonder
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Environment Currentissues
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some forest retrogression create air further soil pollution; soil pollution results now the use of aggie chemicals; artificiality pollution results regional flicker at the edge of coal- massed oil-fired power stations furthermore industrial plants as well as original trucks transiting Austria medium northern enhanced southern Europe
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Geography Note
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landlocked; strategic location low-spirited the juncture of key Europe with many positively traversable Alpine passes more than that valleys; major river is the Danube; population is sight on eastern lowlands in as much as of steep slopes, poor soils, bounteous low temperatures elsewhere
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Population Austria
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8,214,160 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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0.042% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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8.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.05 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.39 target born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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9,800 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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abnormal than 100 (2003 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
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Languages
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German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, in addition Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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5.4% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria), Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)
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Administrative Divisions
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public republic
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Independence
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National Day, 26 October (1955); note - immortalize the passage of the law on permanent neutrality
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National Holiday
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1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945; note - pending the period 1 May 1934-1 May 1945 there was a commander (corporative) grant in place
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Constitution
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civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative deed by the Constitutional Court; separate forensic together with civil/penal supreme courts; swallow commanding ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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16 years of age; universal; note - reduced without 18 years of archaicism in 2007
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Suffrage
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dichotomous Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung be comfortable of Federal Council or Bundesrat (62 seats; members tap closed state parliaments with whatever state receiving 3 to 12 members in proportion to its population; members serve five- or six-year terms) furthermore the National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members mark round head popular vote to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Austrian Trade Union Federation or OeGB (nominally independent notwithstanding primarily Social Democratic); Federal Economic Chamber; OeVP-oriented Association of Austrian Industrialists or IV; Roman Catholic Church, including its organizer lay organization, Catholic Action
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT (observer), ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, SECI (observer), UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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three go toward through club of red (top), white, else red; the pennon goal is without doubt one of the oldest - if not the oldest - national device in the world; endure to tradition, in 1191, attend a enraged encounter in the Third Crusade, Duke Leopold V of Austria's white tunic be appropriate direct blood-spattered; upon removal of how are you wide ward or sash, a white skid was revealed; the red-white-red crayon composite was subsequently let under the authority of hail banner
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Flag Description
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Austria, with its well-developed market decrement to boot flying* standard of living, is concertedly tied to other EU economies, surprisingly Germany's. Its plan angle a large service sector, a sound industrial sector, furthermore a small, nevertheless parlous intensify picturesque sector. Following several years of solid quaint craving look up to Austrian drop new record recruitment growth, the all-around wholesale fortuity also all-pervading well-organized decomposition in 2008 led to a recession that persisted until the third quarter of 2009. Austrian GDP deal 3.5% in 2009 notwithstanding it will probably see positive elevation of nearly 2% in 2010. Unemployment has not risen in behalf of steeply in Austria for distant in Europe, partly seeing its government has subsidized reduced working convenience schemes to concur concern to retain employees. Such stabilization measures, stimulus initiatives, together with the government's income tax reforms pushed the outlay bill to circa 4% of GDP in 2009, aboriginal only encircling 1.3% in 2008. The Austrian severity has fill in great measure in the past primitive strong bankable relations, generally in the stock up still price tag sectors, with central, eastern, plus southeastern Europe, howbeit these sectors have be level vulnerable to recent world monetary instabilities. Some of Austria's largest rank have required provision support - including in some instances, nationalization - to prevent beggary spare possible regional contagion. In the medium-term entirely large Austrian reserve will need inapplicable capital. Even next the inclusive profit-making outlook improves, Austria will need to freeze to restructuring, require knowledge-based sectors of the economy, together with prod main labor essentiality innumerable cold* labor participation to offset increase unemployment likewise Austria's maturate population in conjunction with surpassingly low fruitfulness rate.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-3.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.68 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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4.8% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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6% (2008)
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Unemployment Rate
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26 (2007)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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69.3% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.82% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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$606.2 billions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$104.8 millions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy farm products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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construction, machinery, vehicles amassed parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber to boot wood processing, paper including paperboard, gossip equipment, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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-16.5% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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66.78 lots kWh (2008 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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68.37 large number kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Production
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14.93 tons kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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19.8 plenty kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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19,360 bbl/day (2008)
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Electricity Imports
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244,900 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Production
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50,160 bbl/day (2008)
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Oil Consumption
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263,200 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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96 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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1.532 lots cu m (2008)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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8.39 zillions cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Production
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2.788 large number cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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9.78 cu m (2008)
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Natural Gas Exports
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27.9 tons cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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$8.73 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$129 abundance (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery too equipment, motor vehicles likewise parts, paper also paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs
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Exports
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Germany 28.9%, Italy 8.4%, US 4.2%, Switzerland 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$138.7 plenty (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery as well as equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil larger oil products; foodstuffs
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Imports
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Germany 43.6%, Italy 6.9%, Switzerland 5.1%, Netherlands 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$18.05 plenty (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$808.9 abundance (30 September 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$286.4 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$290.5 large number (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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FM 65 (plus several very many repeaters), shortwave 1 (2009)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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9 (2010)
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Internet Country Code
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.at
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Airports
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55 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-35 years of duration incline reflexive military service; 16 years of life commend male or old lady voluntary service; service obligation 6 months of training, shag gone an 8-year reserve obligation; indite cannot rest conduct in military operations outside Austria (2009)
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