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| Vienna: (2001) inhabitants: 1,539,848;
population density: 3711 per km²; buildings: 153,693; flats: 853,091;
households: 725,468; 23 boroughs, 9 jurisdictions. |
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| Vienna is the smallest federal state by surface area
but the largest in population and density; as well as being Austria’s
economic, cultural and intellectual centre. The federal capital with its
23 boroughs is the country’s largest city in size and population. |
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| Image: The statue of Athena in front
of the Austrian Parliament |
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| It is also home of the Federal Assembly and Federal
Council, the Federal President, the Federal Government, all the boards
of the Federation, all important diplomatic representatives of foreign
nations, the Supreme Court of Justice, the Constitutional and
Administrative Court as well as the Local Labour and Social Court,
Industrial Court, Higher Regional Court, Juvenile Court, Regional Court
for Criminal Cases, the District Criminal Court and multiple District
Courts. Vienna also holds the parliament, the state government and the
Federal State authorities of Lower Austria since 1997. Vienna is an
international centre for conventions, conferences and exhibitions and
with settlements of important international organisation (UN-offices,
IAEA, UNIDO, OPEC etc.), with the conference centre in immediate
proximity to the Vienna International Centre (UNO-City) as well as the
exhibition centre in the Prater. |
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| Image: Karlskirche and Secession |
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| Furthermore, Vienna is one of Europe’s oldest cities,
one of the most important centres for culture, art and tourism and can,
by virtue of its prominence, rightly be referred to as a cosmopolitan
city. |
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| aeiou - das kulturinformationssystem des
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| 14.000 keywords and 2000 images from
Austrian history, geography, politics and economics |
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www.aeiou.at |
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| International organizations
in Vienna |
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| Vienna is the seat of a number of United Nations
offices and various international institutions and companies,
including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO), the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Organization (CTBTO) and the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Additionally, Vienna is the seat of
the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law's
secretariat (UNCITRAL). In conjunction, the University of Vienna
annually hosts the prestigious Willem C. Vis Moot, an international
commercial arbitration competition for students of law from around
the world. |
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| UN complex in Vienna - Image ©
August Lechner |
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| Various special diplomatic meetings have been held
in Vienna in the latter half of the 20th Century, resulting in
various documents bearing the name Vienna Convention or Vienna
Document. Among the more important documents negotiated in Vienna
are the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, as well as
the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). |
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| WIKIPEDIA - the free
encyclopedia |
| Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia
with more than 100 languages, where everyone can
contribute with their knowledge |
| de.wikipedia.org |
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A-1020 Vienna
Tel: +43/01/9580808
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E-Mail: office@citype.com
www.citype.com
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