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Flag Description of Austria:The Austrian flag, originally adopted in 1918, was officially adopted (again) in 1945, after being banned during World War II. Stripes of red and white have been a collective emblem of Austria for over 800 years, and their first usage on the flag occur.

Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion. But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened . Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions. Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE? Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace? WHY?? There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance: The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.

Background of Austria

Austria has a well-developed social market economy with a high standard of living and close ties to other EU economies, especially Germany's.

Geography of Austria

• Location: Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia
• Geographic coordinates: 47 20 N, 13 20 E
• Area: total: 83,871 sq km
• land: 82,445 sq km
• water: 1,426 sq km
• Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maine
• Land boundaries: total: 2,524 km
• border countries: Czech Republic 402 km, Germany 801 km, Hungary 321 km, Italy 404 km, Liechtenstein 34 km, Slovakia 105 km,
• Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
• Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
• Climate: temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate 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: oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower
• Land use: arable land: 16.25%
• permanent crops: 0.77%
• other: 82.98% (2011)
• Irrigated land: 1,170 sq km (2007)
• Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 3.66 cu km/yr (18%/79%/3%)
• per capita: 452.4 cu m/yr (2008)
• 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 agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
• 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

Demographics of Austria

• Population: 8,223,062 (July 2014 est.)
• Age structure: 0-14 years: 13.6% (male 573,146/female 546,596),15-24 years: 11.6% (male 488,564/female 468,891),25-54 years: 42.9% (male , 1,766,729/female 1,756,880) ,55-64 years: 12.7% (male 515,913/female 528,988), 65 years and over: 19.2% (male 670,750/female 906,605) (2014 est.)
• Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 49.1 %, youth dependency ratio: 21.6 %,elderly dependency ratio: 27.6 %, potential support ratio: 3.6 (2014 est.)
• Median age: total: 44.3 years, male: 43.2 years, female: 45.3 years (2014 est.)
• Population growth rate: 0.01% (2014 est.)
• Birth rate: 8.76 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
• Death rate: 10.38 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
• Net migration rate: 1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
• Urbanization: urban population: 67.7% of total population (2011), rate of urbanization: 0.48% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
• Major cities - population: VIENNA (capital) 1.72 million (2011)
• Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female, 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female , 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female , 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female, 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female, 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female, total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
• Mother's mean age at first birth: 28.5 (2011 est.)
• Infant mortality rate: total: 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births, male: 5.01 deaths/1,000 live births, female: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
• Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.17 years, male: 77.25 years, female: 83.24 years (2014 est.)
• Total fertility rate: 1.43 children born/woman (2014 est.)
• Contraceptive prevalence rate: 69.6%

note: percent of women aged 18-46 (2009)

• HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2009 est.)
• HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 15,000 (2009 est.)
• HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
• Drinking water source: improved-urban: 100% of population, rural: 100% of population, total: 100% of population

unimproved- urban: 0% of population, rural: 0% of population, total: 0% of population (2012 est.)

• Nationality: noun: Austrian(s), adjective: Austrian
• Ethnic groups: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
• Religions: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
• Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
• Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write, total population: 98%, male: NA, female: NA
• School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 16 years, male: 15 years, female: 16 years (2011)
• Education expenditures: 5.9% of GDP (2010)
• Maternal mortality rate: 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
• Health expenditures: 10.6% of GDP (2011)
• Physicians density: 4.86 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
• Hospital bed density: 7.6 beds/1,000 population (2010)
• Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 20.9% (2008)
• Austria Gender Parity