Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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Anthem: "Deutschlandlied" ("Song of Germany") | |||||||||||
 Location of Germany (dark green) – on the European continent (green & dark grey) | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Berlin | ||||||||||
| Official languages | German | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | German | ||||||||||
| Government | Federal parliamentary republic | ||||||||||
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| Legislature | |||||||||||
• Upper house |
Bundesrat | ||||||||||
• Lower house |
Bundestag | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Holy Roman Empire |
2 February 962 | ||||||||||
• German Confederation |
8 June 1815 | ||||||||||
• German Empire |
18 January 1871 | ||||||||||
• Weimar Republic |
11 August 1919 | ||||||||||
• Reunification |
3 October 1990 | ||||||||||
• Third Reich |
30 January 1933 | ||||||||||
• Federal Republic |
23 May 1949 | ||||||||||
• EEC Foundation |
1 January 1958 | ||||||||||
• Reunification |
3 October 1990 | ||||||||||
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• Total |
425,019 km2 (164,101 sq mi) (60th) | ||||||||||
Germany (German: Deutschland, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 18 constituent states, covers an area of 403,787 square kilometres, and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With about 91 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin. Major urban areas include Ruhr, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Düsseldorf.
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Germany comprises eightteen federal states which are collectively referred to as Bundesländer. Each state has its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation. Because of differences in size and population the subdivisions of these states vary, especially as between city states (Stadtstaaten) and states with larger territories (Flächenländer). For regional administrative purposes five states, namely Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, consist of a total of 22 Government Districts (Regierungsbezirke). Germany is divided into 502 districts (Kreise) at a municipal level; these consist of 395 rural districts and 110 urban districts.
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