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| Official languages | In Cisleithenia, German and minority tongues. In Hungary, Hungarian and Latin. |
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| Established church | Roman Catholic |
| Largest cities (in 1910) | Vienna (Capital) 2,031,000 Budapest 882,000 (with suburbs 935,000) Prague 224,000 (with suburbs 550,000) |
| Head of state | Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia etc. |
| Area | 676,615 km² (1910) |
| Population | 51,390,223 (1910) |
| Currency | Gulden; Krone (from 1892) |
| National anthem | Volkshymne (People's Anthem) |
| Existed | 1867–1918 |
It replaced the Austrian Empire (1806–1867) on the same territory and originated in a compromise between the ruling Habsburg dynasty and the Hungarians in order to maintain the state. As a multi-national empire and great power in an era of national awakening, it found its political life dominated by disputes among the eleven principal national groups. Its economic and social life was marked by a rapid economic growth through the age of industrialization and social modernization through many liberal and democratic reforms.
The Habsburg dynasty ruled as Emperors of Austria over the western and northern half of the country and as Kings of Hungary over the Kingdom of Hungary which enjoyed some degree of self-government and representation in joint affairs (principally foreign relations and defence). The federation bore the full name of "The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Crown of St. Stephen".
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