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General statistics of Austria

Reference: Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000, the 2003 U.S. Department of State website and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

 

2 The country

Geographical coordinates

47 20 N, 13 20 E

 

Area

total

83,858 kmē

 

land

82,738 kmē

 

water

: 1,120 kmē

Land boundaries

total

2,562 km

border countries

Czech Republic

362 km

 

Germany

784 km

 

Hungary

366 km

 

Italy

430 km

 

Liechtenstein

35 km

 

Slovakia

91 km

 

Slovenia

330 km

 

Switzerland

164 km

Coastline

0 km

landlocked

Elevation extremes

lowest point

Neusiedler See 115 m

 

highest point

Grossglockner 3,798 m

Land use

arable land

17%

 

permanent crops

1%

 

permanent pastures

23%

 

forests and woodland

39%

 

other

20% (1996 est.)

 

Irrigated land

40 kmē (1993 est.)