Salzburg is one of the nine states of Austria. Salzburg borders Germany to the northwest, Tyrol to the west, Italy and Tyrol to the southwest, Carinthia to the southeast, Styria to the east, and Upper Austria to the northeast. The capital of the state is Salzburg. It is 7,154 km2 and has more than 515,000 inhabitants, making it the sixth largest state and the seventh most populated.