Vienna
Capital and largest city of Austria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Capital and largest city of Austria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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] representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political center of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the cities on the Danube river.
Vienna
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Capital city, federal state and municipality | |
Coordinates: 48°12′30″N 16°22′21″E | |
Country | Austria |
Federal state | Vienna |
Government | |
• Body | State and Municipality |
• Mayor and Governor | Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) |
Area | |
• Capital city, federal state and municipality | 414.78 km2 (160.15 sq mi) |
• Land | 395.25 km2 (152.61 sq mi) |
• Water | 19.39 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 151 (Lobau) – 542 (Hermannskogel) m (495–1,778 ft) |
Population (2024)[2] | 2,014,614 |
• Rank | 10th in Europe 1st in Austria |
• Urban | 2,223,236 ("Kernzone")[3] |
• Metro | 2,890,577 |
• Ethnicity[4] |
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Demonyms | German: Wiener (m), Wienerin (f) Viennese |
GDP | |
• Capital city, federal state and municipality | €110.922 billion (2022) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code |
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ISO 3166 code | AT-9 |
Vehicle registration | W |
HDI (2022) | 0.948[7] very high · 1st of 9 |
Seats in the Federal Council | 10 / 60
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GeoTLD | .wien |
Website | wien |
Official name | Historic Centre of Vienna |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv, vi |
Designated | 2001 (25th session) |
Reference no. | 1033 |
UNESCO Region | Europe and North America |
Endangered | 2017[8] | –present