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  2.                                          AUSTRIA 
  3.                                           
  4.                                            OE 
  5.         
  6.         OFFICIAL NAME:Republic of Austria.
  7.         LOCATION:South Central Europe.
  8.         LAT/LONG:47.2N/13.2E
  9.         CONTINENT:Europe.
  10.         ZONES-ITU:28  CQ:15
  11.         TIME:+1 Hr. (+2 Hrs.during summer).
  12.         AREA:32,375 Sq.M.  83,850 Sq.Km.
  13.         POPULATION:7,569,283  DENSITY:234/Sq.M.  (90/Sq.Km.)  AAGR:0.09%
  14.         LIFE EXPECTANCY:73
  15.         LITERACY RATE:98%
  16.         TYPE OF GOVERNMENT:federal republic.
  17.         CAPITAL:Vienna.
  18.         LANGUAGE:German.
  19.         RELIGIONS:88% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant, 6% none or other.
  20.         CURRENCY:shilling.
  21.         GDP:$66.26 billion  ($8,888 per capita)  REAL GNP GROWTH RATE:2.9%  
  22.         INFLATION RATE:3.3% (1985).
  23.         MAJOR INDUSTRIES:foods, iron and steel, machinery, textiles, chemicals, 
  24.         electrical products, paper and pulp.
  25.         AGRICULTURE:livestock, forest products, cereals, potatoes, sugar beets;
  26.         84% self-sufficient.
  27.         EXPORTS:iron and steel products, machinery and equipment, lumber, 
  28.         textiles, paper products, chemicals.  ($17.1 billion).
  29.         TELECOMMUNICATIONS:3.72 million telephones; 6 AM, 693 FM, 910 TV 
  30.         stations; 1 INTELSAT station (for Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions).
  31.         COMMERCIAL POWER:220/380V; 50Hz.
  32.         NATIONAL HOLIDAY:26 October.
  33.         MISC:Austria had one of the first postal systems. Vienna has over 1,400
  34.         coffee houses. Austria declared itself neutral in 1955. It is a 
  35.         landlocked country with a strategic location at the crossroads of 
  36.         central Europe with many easily traversable alpine passes and valleys. 
  37.         17% of the land is arable. Over 55% of the work force is engaged in 
  38.         services. Uses metric system. Member of UN since 1955.
  39.         Call sign locator:
  40.         OE1=Vienna                                            OE2=Salzburg
  41.         OE3=Lower Austria                                     OE4=Burgenland
  42.         OE5=Upper Austria                                     OE6=Steiermark
  43.         OE7=Treol                                             OE9=Voralberg
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  45.         (FOR US OPS-3rd party:no  ROA:yes)
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