| Klagenfurt, officially known as Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. It has a population of over 90,000 people, making it the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is also home to the University of Klagenfurt. The city is unofficially known as Celôvec by Carinthia Slovenian-speaking minority.
Klagenfurt is located at 446 meters above sea level and covers an area of 120.11 square km. It is on the Wörthersee as the Glan River enters it, not that far from Slovenia and Italy. The town is surrounded by several mountains covered with forests with heights up to 1,000 meters, for example, the Ulrichsberg. To the south of here is the Karawanken mountain range which separates Carinthia from Slovenia and Italy.
Klagenfurt has a typical Continental climate, with some slight fog throughout the autumn and winter. It is not as cold here than in other parts of Austria, due to winds coming from the Karavanke mountains to the south, through the Föhn wind. The average temperature from 1961 and 1990 is 7.1ºC, while the average temperature in 2005 was 9.3ºC.
Klagenfurt is the economic centre of Carinthia, with 20% of the industrial companies. In May 2001 there were 63,618 employees in 6,184 companies here. 33 of these companies counted more than 200 employees. The most common economical sectors are light industry and tourism. Klagenfurt has many newspapers, including "Kärntner Krone", "Kärntner Tageszeitung", "Kleine Zeitung", etc.
Klagenfurt has an International Klagenfurt Airport, one of the most important in Austria.
The city is situated at the intersection of the A2 and S37 Freeways. The A2 Freeway leads from Vienna via Graz via Klagenfurt to Villach and further to the state border of Italy. The S37 Freeway leads from Vienna via Bruck an der Mur via Sankt Veit an der Glan to Klagenfurt. Furthermore you can use the Loiblpass turnpike B91 to go to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, which is only 28 mi (45 km) from Klagenfurt.
Due to the inadequate public transport services in the city, the volume of traffic in Klagenfurt is extremely high (80.000 vehicles compared to a population of 100,000). In the 1960's Klagenfurt was meant to be a car-friendly town, with lots of wide roads and turnpikes. Nowadays traffic jams are very common in the morning and during midday and even though going by car is the fastest way to go from A to B.
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