Principal Cities
Vienna, the capital and largest city, has a population (1991) of 1,533,176. Other important cities include Graz, a centre for heavy industry, with a population of 232,155; Linz, the provincial capital of Upper Austria and a port on the Danube, with 202,855; Salzburg, a cultural and tourist centre, with 143,978; and Innsbruck, the provincial capital of Tirol and a tourist attraction because of the beauty of the city and its location, with 115,000.
Religion
Roman Catholicism is the religion of about 84 per cent of the population of Austria. Various Protestant denominations account for about 6 per cent. Muslims constitute 1 per cent, and a small minority of the population is Jewish.
Language
German is the official language of Austria. About 2 per cent of the population speak languages other than German, chiefly Croatian, Slovene, Czech, and Turkish.
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