- Capital city of the province Styria
- After Vienna the second largest city in Austria
- Inhabitants: approx 240,000 of whom approx 28,000
students
- Area: 127,52km², of which 40% is countryside
- Geographical position: 47,05° northern latitude
and15,22° eastern langitude
- Localtime: GMT+01:00
- Symbol: The clock tower on the Schlossberg (473m)
- Local Mountain of Graz: Schöckl (1445 m),to
the north of the city
- Graz lies on the eastern edge of the central Alps
and on either side of the Mur river.
- Graz has 3 universities: Karl-Franzens-university,
Technical-university.
The academy for music and expressire arts ond other technical universities
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