Lower Austria is the northeasternmost of the nine states of Austria. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt Pölten, state's largest city and the most recently designated capital in the country. Previously, Lower Austria's capital was Vienna, even though Vienna has not officially been part of Lower Austria since 1921. With a land area of 19,186 km2 (7,408 sq mi) and a population of 1.612 million people, Lower Austria is the country's largest state; it is the second most populous after the federal state of Vienna. Other large cities are Amstetten, Krems an der Donau and Wiener Neustadt.