Österreich-Ungarn (de) Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia (hu) Austria-Hungary Other names
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1867–1918
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Anthem Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser
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Location of Austria-Hungary in 1913
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Capital
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Vienna and Budapest[1] (pop: 2,239,000)
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Language(s)
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various: German Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene, Rusyn, Italian
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Religion
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Roman Catholic (predominant & official state religion) Tolerated religions of the Empire: Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, Sunni Islam and others
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Government
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Monarchy
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Emperor of Austria, and King of Hungary[1]
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- 1848–1916
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Franz Joseph I
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- 1916–1918
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Karl I
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Historical era
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New Imperialism
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- 1867 Compromise
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29 May, 1867
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- Czecho-Slovak indep.
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28 October 1918
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- South Slavs indep.
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29 October 1918
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- Dissolution
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31 October, 1918
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- Dissolution treaties¹
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in 1919 & in 1920
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Area
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- 1914
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676,615 km2 (261,243 sq mi)
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Population
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- 1914 est.
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52,800,000
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Density
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78 /km2 (202.1 /sq mi)
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Currency
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Gulden Krone (from 1892)
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1) Treaty of Saint-Germain signed 10 September 1919 and the Treaty of Trianon signed 4 June 1920.
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