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Austria, [d] formally the Republic of Austria, [e] is a landlocked 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.
The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states. In the late Iron Age Austria was occupied by people of the Hallstatt Celtic culture (c. 800 BC), they first organized as a Celtic kingdom referred to by the Romans as Noricum, dating from c. 800 to 400 BC.
Austria, largely mountainous landlocked country of south-central Europe. Together with Switzerland, it forms what has been characterized as the neutral core of Europe, notwithstanding Austria’s full membership since 1995 in the supranational European Union (EU).
Austria (/ ˈ ɒ s t r i ə / , / ˈ ɔː s-/; [10] German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐʁaɪç] ), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich [ʁepuˈbliːk ˈʔøːstɐʁaɪç] ), is a country in Central Europe.
Austria is a federal republic consisting of nine federal states. The European Commission calls them provinces. [1] Austrian federal states can pass laws that stay within the limits of the constitution, and each federal state has representatives in the main Austrian parliament.
Three major ranges of the Alps – the Northern Calcareous Alps, Central Alps, and Southern Calcareous Alps – run west to east through Austria. [1] The Central Alps, which consist largely of a granite base, are the largest and highest ranges in Austria. [1]
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state.
Vienna (/ viˈɛnə / ⓘ vee-EN-ə; [9][10] German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. [11][12] Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, [13 ...
Austrian politics takes place within the constitutional framework of a federal semi-presidential republic, with a President (Bundespräsident) serving as head of state and a Chancellor (Bundeskanzler) as head of government. Governments, both local and federal, exercise executive power.
Geography - note. note 1: landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere.