| Country Name | conventional long form: Republic of Austria, conventional short form: Austria, local long form: Republik Oesterreich, local short form: Oesterreich |
| Capital | name: Vienna geographic coordinates: 48 12 N, 16 22 E |
| Major cities: | Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, St. Pölten, Bregenz, Eisenstadt |
| time difference: | UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October |
| Administrative divisions | 9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Karnten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria), Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna) |
| National Anthem | name: "Bundeshymne" (Federal Hymn) lyrics/music: Paula von PRERADOVIC/Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART or Johann HOLZER (disputed) note: adopted 1947; the anthem is also known as "Land der Berge, Land am Strome" (Land of the Mountains, Land on the River); Austria adopted a new national anthem after World War II to replace the former imperial anthem composed by Franz Josef HAYDN, which had been appropriated by Germany in 1922 and was now associated with the Nazi regime |
| Independence | 12 November 1918 (republic proclaimed); notable earlier dates: 976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed) |
| National Holiday | National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the passage of the law on permanent neutrality |
| National Symbol | golden eagle |