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Austria (/ ˈ ɒ s t r i ə / , / ˈ ɔː s-/; 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. 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.
The Government of Austria ( German: Bundesregierung der Republik Österreich) is the executive cabinet of the Republic of Austria. It consists of the chancellor, who is the head of government, the vice chancellor and the ministers .
The westernmost third of the somewhat pear-shaped country consists of a narrow corridor between Germany and Italy that is between 32 and 60 km (20 and 37 mi) wide. [1] The rest of Austria lies to the east and has a maximum north–south width of 280 km (170 mi). [1]
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It was the capital of the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867, and of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918, and subsequently became the capital of Austria. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Vienna was the largest German -speaking city in the world.
History of Austria, a survey of the important events and people in the history of Austria from ancient times to the present. In the territories of Austria, the first traces of human settlement date from the Lower Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age).
The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states, from the Early Stone Age to the present state. The name Ostarrîchi (Austria) has been in use since 996 AD. Then, it was a margravate of the Duchy of Bavaria.
