Liechtenstein Country Info - Europe

Description and Basic Information

Liechtenstein with its capital Vaduz is located in Europe (Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland). It covers some 161 square kilometres (about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC) with 34,000 citizens. German is the language spoken by the majority in Liechtenstein. It is charing borders with Switzerland and Austria.

Liechtenstein is a small alpine German-speaking country doubly landlocked by Switzerland and Austria (it is landlocked by landlocked countries). Liechtenstein boasts a number of attractions that are of interest to visitors. Balzers is a beautiful church and a spectacular gothic castle. The capital (Vaduz) is the main shopping area in the country, with many souvenir stores and assorted restaurants.

Pictures from Capital (Vaduz)

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About Liechtenstein

The terrain offers mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third. The average density of population is about 212 per km². The climate in Liechtenstein can be described as continental with cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain, cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers. Possible natural disasters include NA.

To reach someone in Liechtenstein dial +423 prior to a number. There are 19,600 installed telephones. And there are 35,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".li". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 11 regions/states in Liechtenstein we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Liechtenstein population grew at a rate of 0.68% (or by 239 citizens). With 262 deaths and 339 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.22%. 162 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Liechtenstein: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.