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Europe/Austria - at.json:

{
  "intro": {
    "background": {
      "text": "Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire,
               Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War ..."
    }
  },
  "geo": {
    "location": {
      "text": "Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia"
    },
    "geographic_coordinates": {
      "text": "47 20 N, 13 20 E"
    },
    "map_references": {
      "text": "Europe"
    },
    "area": {
      "total": "83,871 sq km",
      "land": "82,445 sq km",
      "water": "1,426 sq km"
    },
    "area_comparative": {
      "text": "slightly smaller than Maine"
    },
    "land_boundaries": {
      "total": "2,562 km",
      "border_countries": "Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km"
    },
    "coastline": {
      "text": "0 km (landlocked)"
    },
    "maritime_claims": {
      "text": "none (landlocked)"
    },
    "climate": {
      "text": "temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers"
    },
    "terrain": {
      "text": "in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping"
    },
    "elevation_extremes": {
      "lowest_point": "Neusiedler See 115 m",
      "highest_point": "Grossglockner 3,798 m"
    },
    "natural_resources": {
      "text": "oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower"
    },
    ...

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