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World Gazetteer Results for Lauterach:
NameLauterach
Geographical TypeLocality
Population9212
Latitude
Longitude
CountryAustria
Administrative DivisionVorarlberg
3rd Administrative DivisionTübingen
Dictionary Results for Austria:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Austria
    n 1: a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the
         Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the
         Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics
         until the 19th century [syn: Austria, Republic of
         Austria, Oesterreich]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Austria

   Introduction Austria
   --------------------
                            Background: Once the center of power for the
                                        large Austro-Hungarian Empire,
                                        Austria was reduced to a small
                                        republic after its defeat in World
                                        War I. Following annexation by Nazi
                                        Germany in 1938 and subsequent
                                        occupation by the victorious Allies
                                        in 1945, Austria's status remained
                                        unclear for a decade. A State Treaty
                                        signed in 1955 ended the occupation,
                                        recognized Austria's independence,
                                        and forbade unification with
                                        Germany. A constitutional law of
                                        that same year declared the
                                        country's "perpetual neutrality" as
                                        a condition for Soviet military
                                        withdrawal. This neutrality, once
                                        ingrained as part of the Austrian
                                        cultural identity, has been called
                                        into question since the Soviet
                                        collapse of 1991 and Austria's entry
                                        into the European Union in 1995. A
                                        prosperous country, Austria entered
                                        the European Monetary Union in 1999.
  
   Geography Austria
   -----------------
                              Location: Central Europe, north of Italy and
                                        Slovenia
                Geographic coordinates: 47 20 N, 13 20 E
                        Map references: Europe
                                  Area: total: 83,858 sq km
                                        water: 1,120 sq km
                                        land: 82,738 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maine
                       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)
                       Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
                               Climate: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold
                                        winters with frequent rain in
                                        lowlands and snow in mountains; cool
                                        summers with occasional showers
                               Terrain: in the west and south mostly
                                        mountains (Alps); along the eastern
                                        and northern margins mostly flat or
                                        gently sloping
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m
                                        highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m
                     Natural resources: iron ore, oil, timber, magnesite,
                                        lead, coal, lignite, copper,
                                        hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 16.89%
                                        permanent crops: 0.99%
                                        other: 82.12% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 457 sq km (2000 est.)
                       Natural hazards: landslides; avalanches; earthquakes
          Environment - current issues: some forest degradation caused by
                                        air and soil pollution; soil
                                        pollution results from the use of
                                        agricultural chemicals; air
                                        pollution results from emissions by
                                        coal- and oil-fired power stations
                                        and industrial plants and from
                                        trucks transiting Austria between
                                        northern and southern Europe
            Environment - international party to: Air Pollution, Air
                            agreements: Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
                                        Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-
                                        Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile
                                        Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty,
                                        Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Environmental Modification,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea,
                                        Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
                                        Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,
                                        Wetlands, Whaling
                                        signed, but not ratified: Air
                                        Pollution-Persistent Organic
                                        Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental
                                        Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto
                                        Protocol
                      Geography - note: landlocked; strategic location at
                                        the crossroads of central Europe
                                        with many easily traversable Alpine
                                        passes and valleys; major river is
                                        the Danube; population is
                                        concentrated on eastern lowlands
                                        because of steep slopes, poor soils,
                                        and low temperatures elsewhere
  
   People Austria
   --------------
                            Population: 8,169,929 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.4% (male 686,205;
                                        female 652,840)
                                        15-64 years: 68.2% (male 2,814,866;
                                        female 2,756,777)
                                        65 years and over: 15.4% (male
                                        484,313; female 774,928) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 0.23% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 9.58 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 9.73 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 2.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.95 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 78 years
                                        female: 81.31 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 74.85 years
                  Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 843 (2001 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 8 (2001 est.)
                           Nationality: noun: Austrian(s)
                                        adjective: Austrian
                         Ethnic groups: German 88%, non-nationals 9.3%
                                        (includes Croatians, Slovenes,
                                        Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma),
                                        naturalized 2% (includes those who
                                        have lived in Austria at least three
                                        generations)
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%,
                                        Muslim and other 17%
                             Languages: German
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 98%
                                        male: NA%
                                        female: NA%
  
   Government Austria
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Austria
                                        conventional short form: Austria
                                        local short form: Oesterreich
                                        local long form: Republik
                                        Oesterreich
                       Government type: federal republic
                               Capital: Vienna
              Administrative divisions: 9 states (Bundeslaender, singular -
                                        Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten,
                                        Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich,
                                        Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol,
                                        Vorarlberg, Wien
                          Independence: 1156 (from Bavaria)
                      National holiday: National Day, 26 October (1955);
                                        note - commemorates the State Treaty
                                        restoring national sovereignty and
                                        the end of occupation and the
                                        passage of the law on permanent
                                        neutrality
                          Constitution: 1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May
                                        1945)
                          Legal system: civil law system with Roman law
                                        origin; judicial review of
                                        legislative acts by the
                                        Constitutional Court; separate
                                        administrative and civil/penal
                                        supreme courts; accepts compulsory
                                        ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal;
                                        compulsory for presidential
                                        elections
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Thomas
                                        KLESTIL (since 8 July 1992)
                                        head of government: Chancellor
                                        Wolfgang SCHUESSEL (OeVP)(since 4
                                        February 2000); Vice Chancellor
                                        Susanne RIESS-PASSER (FPOe) (since 4
                                        February 2000)
                                        cabinet: Council of Ministers chosen
                                        by the president on the advice of
                                        the chancellor
                                        elections: president elected by
                                        direct popular vote for a six-year
                                        term; presidential election last
                                        held 19 April 1998 (next to be held
                                        in the spring of 2004); chancellor
                                        traditionally chosen by the
                                        president from the plurality party
                                        in the National Council; in the case
                                        of the current coalition, the
                                        chancellor was chosen from another
                                        party after the plurality party
                                        failed to form a government; vice
                                        chancellor chosen by the president
                                        on the advice of the chancellor
                                        note: government coalition - OeVP
                                        and FPOe
                                        election results: Thomas KLESTIL
                                        reelected president; percent of vote
                                        - Thomas KLESTIL 63%, Gertraud KNOLL
                                        14%, Heide SCHMIDT 11%, Richard
                                        LUGNER 10%, Karl NOWAK 2%
                    Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly or
                                        Bundesversammlung consists of
                                        Federal Council or Bundesrat (64
                                        members; members represent each of
                                        the states on the basis of
                                        population, but with each state
                                        having at least three
                                        representatives; members serve a
                                        four- or six-year term) and the
                                        National Council or Nationalrat (183
                                        seats; members elected by direct
                                        popular vote to serve four-year
                                        terms)
                                        election results: National Council -
                                        percent of vote by party - SPOe
                                        33.2%, OeVP 26.9%, FPOe 26.9%,
                                        Greens 7.4%; seats by party - SPOe
                                        65, OeVP 52, FPOe 52, Greens 14
                                        elections: National Council - last
                                        held 3 October 1999 (next to be held
                                        in the fall of 2003)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster
                                        Gerichtshof; Administrative Court or
                                        Verwaltungsgerichtshof;
                                        Constitutional Court or
                                        Verfassungsgerichtshof
         Political parties and leaders: Austrian People's Party or OeVP
                                        [Wolfgang SCHUESSEL]; Freedom Party
                                        of Austria or FPOe [Susanne RIESS-
                                        PASSER]; Social Democratic Party of
                                        Austria or SPOe [Alfred GUSENBAUER];
                                        The Greens Alternative or GA
                                        [Alexander VAN DER BELLEN]
          Political pressure groups and Austrian Trade Union Federation
                               leaders: (primarily Socialist) or OeGB;
                                        Federal Economic Chamber; OeVP-
                                        oriented League of Austrian
                                        Industrialists or VOeI; Roman
                                        Catholic Church, including its chief
                                        lay organization, Catholic Action;
                                        three composite leagues of the
                                        Austrian People's Party or OeVP
                                        representing business, labor, and
                                        farmers
             International organization AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS,
                         participation: BSEC (observer), CCC, CE, CEI, CERN,
                                        EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU,
                                        FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
                                        ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, NAM
                                        (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer),
                                        OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN,
                                        UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP,
                                        UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMEE,
                                        UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOGIP, UNMOT,
                                        UNOMIG, UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WEU
                                        (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
                                        WToO, WTrO, ZC
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Peter
                                        MOSER
                                        chancery: 3524 International Court
                                        NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035
                                        consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los
                                        Angeles, and New York
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 895-6750
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 895-6700
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador William
                                    US: Lee LYONS BROWN, Jr.
                                        embassy: Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1091,
                                        Vienna
                                        mailing address: use embassy street
                                        address
                                        telephone: [43] (1) 31339-0
                                        FAX: [43] (1) 3100682
                      Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of red
                                        (top), white, and red
  
   Economy Austria
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Austria, with its well-developed
                                        market economy and high standard of
                                        living, is closely tied to other EU
                                        economies, especially Germany's.
                                        Membership in the EU has drawn an
                                        influx of foreign investors
                                        attracted by Austria's access to the
                                        single European market and proximity
                                        to EU aspirant economies. Slowing
                                        growth in Germany and elsewhere in
                                        the world slowed the economy to only
                                        1.2% growth in 2001; the economy is
                                        expected to do little better in
                                        2002. To meet increased competition
                                        from both EU and Central European
                                        countries, Austria will need to
                                        emphasize knowledge-based sectors of
                                        the economy, continue to deregulate
                                        the service sector, and lower its
                                        tax burden.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $220
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 1.2% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $27,000
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2%
                                        industry: 29%
                                        services: 69% (2001)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 4.4%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 19.3% (1992)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 23.1 (1987)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.6% (2001)
                           Labor force: 4.3 million (2001)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 67%, industry and crafts
                                        29%, agriculture and forestry 4%
                                        (2001 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 4.8% (2001)
                                Budget: revenues: $53 billion
                                        expenditures: $54 billion, including
                                        capital expenditures of $NA (2001
                                        est.)
                            Industries: construction, machinery, vehicles
                                        and parts, food, chemicals, lumber
                                        and wood processing, paper and
                                        paperboard, communications
                                        equipment, tourism
     Industrial production growth rate: 3.8% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 60.285 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 28.46%
                                        hydro: 68.64%
                                        other: 2.9% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 54.764 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 15.11 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 13.809 billion kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine,
                                        fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs,
                                        poultry; lumber
                               Exports: $70 billion (f.o.b., 2001) (2000
                                        est.)
                 Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor
                                        vehicles and parts, paper and
                                        paperboard, metal goods, chemicals,
                                        iron and steel; textiles, foodstuffs
                    Exports - partners: EU 63% (Germany 35%, Italy 9%,
                                        France 5%), Switzerland 5%, US 5%,
                                        Hungary 4% (2000)
                               Imports: $73 billion (c.i.f., 2001)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor
                                        vehicles, chemicals, metal goods,
                                        oil and oil products; foodstuffs
                    Imports - partners: EU 68% (Germany 42%, Italy 7%,
                                        France 5%), US 6%, Switzerland 3%,
                                        Hungary 2% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $12.1 billion (2001 est.)
                  Economic aid - donor: ODA, $410 million (2000)
                              Currency: euro (EUR); Austrian schilling (ATS)
  
                                        note: on 1 January 1999, the
                                        European Monetary Union introduced
                                        the euro as a common currency to be
                                        used by the financial institutions
                                        of member countries; on 1 January
                                        2002, the euro became the sole
                                        currency for everyday transactions
                                        within the member countries
                         Currency code: EUR; ATS
                        Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 1.1324
                                        (January 2002), 1.1175 (2001),
                                        1.0854 (2000), 0.9386 (1999);
                                        Austrian schillings per US dollar -
                                        11.86 (January 1999), 12.91 (1999),
                                        12.379 (1998), 12.204 (1997)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Austria
   ----------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 4 million (consisting of 3,600,000
                                        analog main lines plus 400,000
                                        Integrated Services Digital Network
                                        connections); in addition, there are
                                        100,000 Asymmetric Digital Services
                                        lines (2001)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: 6 million (2001)
                      Telephone system: general assessment: highly developed
                                        and efficient
                                        domestic: there are 48 main lines
                                        for every 100 persons; the fiber
                                        optic net is very extensive; all
                                        telephone applications and Internet
                                        services are available
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic
                                        Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1
                                        Eutelsat; in addition, there are
                                        about 600 VSAT (very small aperture
                                        terminals) (2002)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 160 (plus several hundred
                                        repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)
                                Radios: 6.08 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters)
                                        (2001)
                           Televisions: 4.25 million (1997)
                 Internet country code: .at
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 37 (2000)
                        Internet users: 3 million (2000)
  
   Transportation Austria
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 6,095.2 km (3,643.3 km
                                        electrified)
                                        standard gauge: 5,564.2 km 1.435-
                                        m gauge (3,521.2 km electrified)
                                        narrow gauge: 33.9 km 1.000-m gauge
                                        (28.1 km electrified); 497.1 km
                                        0.760-m gauge (94 km electrified)
                                        (2001 est.)
                              Highways: total: 133,361 km
                                        paved: 133,361 km (including 1,613
                                        km of expressways)
                                        unpaved: 0 km (1998)
                             Waterways: 358 km (1999)
                             Pipelines: crude oil 777 km; natural gas 840 km
                                        (1999)
                     Ports and harbors: Linz, Vienna, Enns, Krems
                       Merchant marine: total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 46,563 GRT/59,278 DWT
                                        ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 6,
                                        combination bulk 1, container 2
                                        (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 55 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 24
                                        over 3,047 m: 1
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 3
                                        under 914 m: 14 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 31
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 3
                                        under 914 m: 27 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Austria
   ----------------
                      Military branches: Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces
                                         (KdoLuSK)
       Military manpower - military age: 19 years of age (2002 est.)
       Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,092,623 (2002
                                         est.)
    Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 1,728,191 (2002
                                service: est.)
   Military manpower - reaching military males: 50,580 (2002 est.)
                           age annually:
          Military expenditures - dollar $1,497.1 million (FY01/02)
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of 0.8% (FY01/02)
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Austria
   ----------------------------
               Disputes - international: minor disputes with Czech Republic
                                         and Slovenia continue over nuclear
                                         power plants and post-World War II
                                         treatment of German-speaking
                                         minorities
                          Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Southwest
                                         Asian heroin and South American
                                         cocaine destined for Western Europe
  
                                       



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