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列支敦士登是夹在瑞士与奥地利两国中的一个公国,正当东阿尔卑斯山和西阿尔卑斯山的分界处。莱因河上游从它的西部向北流,形成它和瑞士的天然国境线。东阿尔卑斯山南北伸展的山头是它与奥地利的分界。这个面积一百五十八平方公里、略似一只坐南朝北的葫芦形的公国的人口是一万五千。它南北相距二十八公里,东西宽十四公里。一般人对于这小国的简明印象是:如果你开着汽车从一边进去,等到从另外一边出来的时候,你衔着的那支雪茄烟保管还没有抽完。在中西欧的几个面积特小的国
Liechtenstein is a principality sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria, at the very boundaries of the Eastern Alps and the Western Alps. The Upper Rhine flows north from its west to form its natural border with Switzerland. The mountain stretching east and west of the Eastern Alps is the dividing line between it and Austria. This area of 158 square kilometers, akin to a gourd-shaped duchy headed north, has a population of 15,000. It is 28 kilometers north to south and 14 kilometers wide. The simplest impression that ordinary people have of this small country is that if you drive in from the side and wait until you get out of the other side, the cigar you are holding has not been exhausted. Several special small countries in Western and Central Europe