| State Coat of Arms | |
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| General Information | |
| State Capital: | Vienna |
| AT: | AT-9 |
| Vehicle Registration: | W |
| Community Identification Number: | 90101 - 92301 |
| Postal code: | 1010 - 1239, 1400, 1450 |
| Area code: | 01 |
| Homepage: | www.wien.gv.at |
| State Flag of Vienna | |
| Map: Vienna in Austria | |
| Politics | |
| Mayor and governor | Michael Häupl (SPÖ) |
| Governing Party | SPÖ |
| Seats in the Municipal Council (100 seats): | SPÖ 55 ÖVP 18 Greens 14 FPÖ 13 |
| Last Election: | 23 October 2005 |
| Next Election: | October 2010 |
| Population | |
| Population: | 1,631,082 (2005) 2,165,357 metro area |
| Population density: | 3,931.3/km² |
| Geography | |
| Area: | 414.90 km² |
| - percent land: | 395.51 km² (95,33%) |
| - percent water: | 19.39 km² (4,67%) |
| Location: | |
| Dimensions: | North-South: 22.4 km East-West: 29.2 km |
| Highest Point: | 543 m (Hermannskogel) |
| Lowest Point: | 151 m (Lobau) |
| Administrative Structure | |
| Districts: | 1 Statutarstadt 23 Bezirke |
| Map: Districts of Vienna | |
Situated on both sides of the River Danube, and only 60 kilometers off Austria's Eastern border, Vienna lies in the South East corner of Central Europe and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
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) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Furthermore, the 1980 Diplomatic Conference was held in Vienna that led to the adoption of the United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Additionally, Vienna is the seat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law's secreteriat (UNCITRAL).
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