Bayern (Groß-Deutschland)

Bavaria (German: ; IPA: ), with an area of 76156 km2 and almost 12.8 million inhabitants, is located in the south of Germany and is the largest federal state (Bundesland) of Germany by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany. Its capital is Munich in Upper Bavaria. About 6.5 million of its population are Bavarian, 4.2 million Franconian and 1.9 million Swabian.