FACTOID # 124: Teachers make up 7.8 percent of Iceland’s labor force - and they only have to teach 38 weeks per year.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RELATED ARTICLES
People who viewed "Austin" also viewed:
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Austin

Austin may refer to: Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Austin is a surname, and may refer to: Brett Austin, New Zealand breaststroke swimmer Henry Austin, tennis player Henry Austin, American architect Henry Austin, American baseball player Sir Herbert Austin, founder of the Austin Motor Company Jane G. Austin, a mid-late 19th-century American fiction writer who was not...

Contents

People

See Austin (name)

Geographical locations

In the United States:

In Canada: Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... Austin is a city located in Lonoke County, Arkansas. ... Austin is an unincorporated town and U.S. Post Office in Delta County, Colorado, United States. ... Austin, located on the Far West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the citys 77 officially defined community areas (neighborhoods), followed by Lakeview. ... Austin is a town in Scott County, Indiana, United States. ... Interstate 90 Business Loop (Oakland Avenue) runs through the center of Austin. ... Stokes Castle Austin is a small, unincorporated community located in Lander County, Nevada. ... Austin is an unincorporated community, considered a ghost town, in Grant County, Oregon, United States. ... Austin County is a county located in the state of Texas. ...

Austin is a town in western Manitoba on the Trans-Canada Highway about 110 km (85 miles) west of Winnipeg. ... Austin is a community in the Ontario city of Greater Sudbury. ... Austin is a village of 1,200 people, part of the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec. ...

Colleges

Austin College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA and located in Sherman, Texas, an hour north of Dallas. ... University of Texas redirects here. ...

Business

  • Austin Automobile Company, a short-lived American automobile company (not related to the Austin Motor Company or American Austin)
  • Austin Motor Company, a British car manufacturer
  • American Austin Car Company, a short lived United States make of automobile
  • Austin (brand), a brand owned by the Kellogg Company

The Austin Automobile Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan, operated from 1901 to 1921. ... The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles. ... The American Austin Car Company was a United States automobile manufacturing British Austin Motor Company. ... Austin is a brand owned by the Kellogg Company. ...

Vessels

  • USS Austin (1839), a sloop-of-war (originally in the Texas Navy)
  • USS Austin (DE-15), a destroyer escort
  • USS Austin (LPD-4), an amphibious transport dock

USS Austin (DE-15), named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin (1905-1941) killed in action on board USS Oklahoma (BB-37) during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by enemy Japanese forces on 7 December 1941 and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, was an Evarts (GMT) class... USS Austin (LPD-4), the second ship to bear the name, was named in honor of the city of Austin, Texas which in turn was named in honor of Stephen F. Austin, a texas patriot during the Mexican American War. ...

Pop culture

  • Austin (song), a single by Blake Shelton
  • Austin TV, a Mexican post-rock band
  • Austin (Beanie Baby), a kangaroo Beanie Baby produced by Ty, Inc.
  • Austin Powers, a comedy character created and portrayed by Mike Myers
  • Austin the kangaroo from The Backyardigans

Austin is the debut single of American country music artist Blake Shelton. ... Austin TV is an independent rock band from Mexico City. ... Teddy Beanie Baby A Beanie Baby is a stuffed animal made by Ty Inc. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The Backyardigans is a Canadian 3-D CGI-animated[1] childrens TV series, created by Janice Burgess. ...

See also

Austen may refer to: Jane Austen, an English novelist. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

  Results from FactBites:
 
Austin 360: Where Austin, Texas, lives on the Web (668 words)
Austin 360: Where Austin, Texas, lives on the Web
The Adobe Flash Player is required to view this multimedia interactive.
Arts blog: Longs pledge $1 million to new Austin Museum of Art
Austin - Nevada Ghost Town (749 words)
Austin’s boom prompted the territory’s legislature to move the county seat from Jacobsville to the young silver mining camp.
The International Hotel, a landmark of Austin, was first built in Virginia City in 1860 and late in the decade was moved 180 miles east and reconstructed on Austin’s main street.
A walk along Austin’s streets transports one back to a bygone era and provides the historian and the casual tourist with a rare glimpse of what life was like 135 years ago.
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.