Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Austria


Hi..now lets talk about Austria

In Austria there live more than 8 million people and the area is around 84.000 square kilometers (that is around 32.000 square miles). That means Austria is nearly as big as the US State Maine.  Austria is located in the center of Europe. It's neighbour states are Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. In Austria there are nine different states which are Burgenland, Styria,  Carinthia, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria and finally Vienna which is also the capital city of Austria. Vienna is also the biggest city in Austria with more than 1,3 million people. Second biggest city is Graz with around 250.000 inhabitants. Other important cities in Austria are, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Linz.

Austria is also know for its tourism. A lot of people are visting Austria for skiing or hiking. Because there are really beautiful mountains. 

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