Vienna

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State Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms of the city/state of Vienna
General Information
Country: Austria
State Capital: Vienna
ISO 3166-2: AT-9
Vehicle Registration: W
Community Identification Number: 90101 - 92301
Postal codes: 1010 - 1239, 1400, 1450
Area code: 01
Homepage: www.wien.gv.at
State Flag of Vienna
State Flag of the city/state of Vienna
Map: Vienna in Austria
Map of Austria (Vienna)
Name in Other Languages
German Wien
Afrikaans Wene
Albanian Vjena
Bulgarian Виена
Czech Vídeň
Dutch Wenen
French Vienne
Greek Βιέννη
Hebrew וינה
Hungarian Bécs
Italian Vienna
Lithuanian Viena
Polish Wiedeń
Portuguese Viena
Romani Bech or Vidnya
Romanian Viena
Russian Вена
Serbo-Croatian Beč
Slovak Viedeň
Slovenian Dunaj
Spanish Viena
Swahili Winna
Turkish Viyana
Politics
Mayor and governor Michael Häupl (SPÖ)
Governing Party SPÖ
Seats in the Municipal Council
(100 seats):
SPÖ 55
ÖVP 18
Greens 14
FPÖ 13
Last Election: 23 October 2005
Next Election: October 2010
Population
Population: 1,651,437 (31.12.2005)[1]
2,165,357 metro area
Population density: 3,931.3/km²
Geography
Area: 414.90 km²
- percent land: 395.51 km² (95,33%)
- percent water: 19.39 km² (4,67%)
Location: 48°13′N 16°22′E
Dimensions: North-South: 22.4 km
East-West: 29.2 km
Highest Point: 543 m
(Hermannskogel)
Lowest Point: 151 m
(Lobau)
Administrative Structure
Districts: 1 Statutarstadt
23 Bezirke
Map: Districts of Vienna
Bezirke of Vienna

Vienna (in German: Wien) is the capital city of Austria. It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1 million 6 hundred thousand people live there. It is the largest city of Austria. It is also an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own.

[edit] Districts

There are 23 districts in Vienna. They include:

  1. Innere Stadt (city centre)
  2. Leopoldstadt
  3. Landstraße
  4. Wieden
  5. Margareten
  6. Mariahilf
  7. Neubau
  8. Josefstadt
  9. Alsergrund
  10. Favoriten
  11. Simmering
  12. Meidling
  13. Hietzing
  14. Penzing
  15. Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
  16. Ottakring
  17. Hernals
  18. Währing
  19. Döbling
  20. Brigittenau
  21. Floridsdorf
  22. Donaustadt
  23. Liesing

[edit] Culture

St. Stephan's Cathedral in Vienna is amongst the most famous buildings in  Austria
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St. Stephan's Cathedral in Vienna is amongst the most famous buildings in Austria

There are many old buildings, churches and museums in the city centre. Classical music and opera are popular in Vienna. The composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Brahms all worked in Vienna. Vivaldi also died in Vienna.

Vienna is also the name of a song about the city, by the British group Ultravox.

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