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Subdivisions of The Republic of Austria.

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Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states (German: Länder).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Austria

Austria is made up of nine states (German: Länder). Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (literally federal states) is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms. Austrian states can pass laws that stay within the limits of the constitution, and each state has representatives in the main Austrian parliament. The majority of the land area in the states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna, and Burgenland is situated in the Danube valley and thus consists almost completely of accessible and easily arable terrain. The other five states (Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vorarlberg), in contrast, are located in the Alps and thus are comparatively unsuitable for agriculture.

The population of what now is the Republic of Austria has been concentrated in the former four states since prehistoric times. Austria's most densely populated state is the city-state of Vienna, the heart of what is Austria's only metropolitan area.

Each Austrian state has an elected legislature, the Landtag, and a state government (Landesregierung) headed by a governor (Landeshauptmann or Landeshauptfrau). Elections are held every five years (six years in Upper Austria). The state constitution, among other things, determines how the seats in the state government are assigned to political parties, with most states having a system of proportional representation based on the number of delegates in the Landtag in place.

Governors of Austrian States
1.Vienna-Michael Ludwig (Social Democratic Party of Austria)
2.Lower Austria-Johanna Mikl-Leitner (Austrian People's Party)
3.Upper Austria-Thomas Stelzer (Austrian People's Party)
4.Styria-Hermann Schützenhöfer (Austrian People's Party)
5.Tyrol-Anton Mattle (Austrian People's Party)
6.Carinthia-Peter Kaiser (Social Democratic Party of Austria)
7.Vorarlburg-Markus Wallner (Austrian People's Party)
8.Burgenland-Hans Peter Doskozil (Austrian People's Party)

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