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Germany
sovereign state, country
Year dem found am23 May 1949 Edit
Official nameBundesrepublik Deutschland Edit
Native labelBundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland Edit
Short nameDeutschland Edit
Ethnic groupGermans, Turks, Poles, Syrians, Romanians Edit
Dey archive forGerman Federal Archives Edit
Drainage basinDanube basin, Oder Basin, Rhine basin, Elbe Basin, Weser Basin Edit
Official languageGerman Edit
Anthemnational anthem of Germany Edit
Cultureculture of Germany Edit
Motto textEinigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Edit
ContinentEurope Edit
CountryGermany Edit
CapitalBerlin Edit
Located in time zoneUTC+01:00, UTC+02:00 Edit
Located in or next to body of waterBaltic Sea, North Sea Edit
Located in/on physical featureCentral Europe, Western Europe Edit
Coordinate location51°0′0″N 10°0′0″E Edit
Coordinates of geographic center51°9′48″N 10°26′52″E Edit
Coordinates of easternmost point51°16′22″N 15°2′30″E Edit
Coordinates of northernmost point55°3′30″N 8°25′9″E Edit
Coordinates of southernmost point47°16′12″N 10°10′42″E Edit
Coordinates of westernmost point51°3′4″N 5°51′59″E Edit
Highest pointZugspitze Edit
Lowest pointNeuendorf-Sachsenbande Edit
Government ein basic formrepublic, federation, federal parliamentary republic, parliamentary republic Edit
Office held by head of statepresident of Germany Edit
State ein headFrank-Walter Steinmeier Edit
Office head of government holdFederal Chancellor of Germany Edit
Government ein headOlaf Scholz Edit
Executive bodyGovernment of the Federal Republic of Germany, federal level of Germany Edit
Legislative bodyBundesrat, German Bundestag Edit
Highest judicial authorityFederal Constitutional Court Edit
Central bankDeutsche Bundesbank Edit
Currencyeuro Edit
Coextensive withGermany Edit
Driving sideright Edit
Electrical plug typeSchuko, Europlug Edit
Dey replaceWest Germany, German Democratic Republic, German Reich, Trizone, German Reich Edit
Dema official websitehttps://verwaltung.bund.de Edit
Described at URLhttps://wikispooks.com/wiki/Germany Edit
HashtagDeutschland, Germany Edit
Top-level Internet domain.de Edit
Flagflag of Germany Edit
Coat of armsCoat of arms of Germany Edit
Geography of topicgeography of Germany Edit
Get characteristicfree country Edit
History of topichistory of Germany Edit
Item dem operateEmbassy of Germany, Riga Edit
Patron saintArchangel Michael Edit
Railway traffic sideright Edit
Open data portalGovData, Politik bei uns Edit
Economy of topiceconomy of Germany Edit
Demographics of topicdemographics of Germany Edit
Time of earliest written record919 Edit
Mobile country code262 Edit
Country calling code+49 Edit
Trunk prefix0 Edit
Emergency phone number112, 110, 116117 Edit
GS1 country code400-440 Edit
Licence plate codeD Edit
Maritime identification digits211, 218 Edit
Stack Exchange taghttps://travel.stackexchange.com/tags/germany Edit
Unicode character🇩🇪 Edit
Category for honorary citizens of entityCategory:Honorary citizens from Germany Edit
Category for maps or plansCategory:Maps of Germany Edit
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Germany,[1] officially de Federal Republic of Germany,[2] be a country insyd Central Europe. E dey lie between de Baltic Sea den de North Sea to de north den de Alps to de south. Ein sixteen constituent states get a total population of over 82 million insyd an area of 357,596 km2 (138,069 sq mi), wey dey make am de most populous member state of de European Union. E dey border Denmark to de north, Poland den de Czech Republic to de east, Austria den Switzerland to de south, den France, Luxembourg, Belgium, den de Netherlands to de west. De nation ein capital den most populous city be Berlin wey ein main financial centre be Frankfurt; de largest urban area be de Ruhr.

Politics

Constituent states

Germany be a federation wey dey comprise sixteen constituent states wich be collectively referred to as Länder.[3] Each state (Land) get ein own constitution,[4] wey ebe largely autonomous in regard to ein internal organisation.[3] As of 2017, dem divide Germany into 401 districts (Kreise) at a municipal level; dese dey consist of 294 rural districts den 107 urban districts.[5]

State Capital Area[6] Population

(census 2022)[7]

Nominal GDP[8] Nominal GDP per capita EUR (2023)[9]
km2 mi2 Billions EUR (2023) Share of

GDP (%)

Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart 35,751 13,804 11,104,040 615.071 14.92 54,339
Bavaria Munich 70,550 27,240 13,038,724 768.469 18.65 57,343
Berlin Berlin 892 344 3,596,999 193.219 4.69 51,209
Brandenburg Potsdam 29,654 11,449 2,534,075 97.477 2.37 37,814
Bremen Bremen 420 162 693,204 39.252 0.95 56,981
Hamburg Hamburg 755 292 1,808,846 150.575 3.65 79,176
Hesse Wiesbaden 21,115 8,153 6,207,278 351.139 8.52 54,806
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin 23,214 8,963 1,570,817 59.217 1.44 36,335
Lower Saxony Hanover 47,593 18,376 7,943,265 363.109 8.81 44,531
North Rhine-Westphalia Düsseldorf 34,113 13,171 17,890,489 839.084 20.36 46,194
Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz 19,854 7,666 4,094,169 174.249 4.23 41,797
Saarland Saarbrücken 2,569 992 1,006,864 41.348 1.00 41,617
Saxony Dresden 18,416 7,110 4,038,131 155.982 3.78 38,143
Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburg 20,452 7,897 2,146,443 78.38 1.90 35,911
Schleswig-Holstein Kiel 15,802 6,101 2,927,542 118.68 2.88 40,090
Thuringia Erfurt 16,202 6,256 2,110,396 75.909 1.84 35,715
Germany Berlin 357,386 137,988 82,719,540 4,121.16 100 48,750

Demographics

Germany get a number of large cities. Der be 11 officially recognised metropolitan regions. De country ein largest city be Berlin, while ein largest urban area be de Ruhr.[10]

Largest cities anaa towns insyd Germany

Federal Statistical Office of Germany - Destatis (census 2022)[11]

Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop.
1 Berlin Berlin 3,596,999 11 Essen North Rhine-Westphalia 571,039
2 Hamburg Hamburg 1,808,846 12 Dresden Saxony 557,782
3 Munich Bavaria 1,478,638 13 Nuremberg Bavaria 522,554
4 Cologne North Rhine-Westphalia 1,017,355 14 Hanover Lower Saxony 513,291
5 Frankfurt Hesse 743,268 15 Duisburg North Rhine-Westphalia 501,415
6 Düsseldorf North Rhine-Westphalia 611,258 16 Wuppertal North Rhine-Westphalia 356,768
7 Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 610,458 17 Bochum North Rhine-Westphalia 354,288
8 Leipzig Saxony 598,899 18 Bielefeld North Rhine-Westphalia 330,072
9 Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 598,246 19 Bonn North Rhine-Westphalia 321,544
10 Bremen Bremen 575,071 20 Mannheim Baden-Württemberg 313,693

References

  1. ↑ Deutschland (German), German: [ˈdɔʏtʃlant]
  2. ↑ Mangold, Max, ed. (2005). Duden, Aussprachewörterbuch (in German) (6th ed.). Dudenverlag. pp. 271, 53f. ISBN 978-3-411-04066-7.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Germany". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Example for state constitution: "Constitution of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia"". Landtag (state assembly) of North Rhine-Westphalia. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Verwaltungsgliederung in Deutschland am 30 June 2017 – Gebietsstand: 30 June 2017 (2. Quartal)" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland. July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Fläche und Bevölkerung". Statistikportal.de (in German). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ergebnisse des Zensus 2022 – Bevölkerung (15.05.2022)" (in German). Destatis. 25 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bruttowertschöpfung" (in German). Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. 28 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bruttowertschöpfung (Inhaltsverzeichnis Reihe 1991–2023)" (in German). Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder. 28 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "World Urban Areas" (PDF). Demographia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ergebnisse des Zensus 2022 - Bevölkerung (15.05.2022)". www.destatis.de (in German). Destatis. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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