Carinthia (German: Kärnten) is one of the nine states of Austria. Carinthia borders the Tyrol to the west, Salzburg to the northwest, Styria to the east, and Italy and Solvenia to the south. The capital of Carinthia is Klagenfurt. It is 9,536 km2 and has more than 559,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest state in size and the sixth largest in population.