Lower Saxony

Niedersachsen
	State of Germany
Flag	Coat of arms
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Country	Germany
Capital	Hanover
Government
• Minister President	Stephan Weil (SPD)
• Governing parties	SPD / Greens
Area
• Total	47,168 km2 (18,212 sq mi)
Population
• Total	8,002,916
• Density	169.6683/km2 (439.439/sq mi)
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Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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Website	niedersachsen.de

Lower Saxony (German: NiedersachsenLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Category handler/data' not found. [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩] ( listen); Low German: Neddersassen; Saterland Frisian: Läichsaksen) is a German Bundesland (state).

Places

The capital is Hannover (Hanover).

There are 38 districts:


Ammerland Aurich Bentheim Celle Cloppenburg Cuxhaven Diepholz Emsland Friesland Gifhorn Goslar Göttingen Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)	Hanover (Hannover) Harburg Helmstedt Hildesheim Holzminden Leer Lüchow-Dannenberg Lüneburg Nienburg Northeim Oldenburg Osnabrück Osterholz	Osterode Peine Rotenburg Schaumburg Soltau-Fallingbostel Stade Uelzen Vechta Verden Wesermarsch Wittmund Wolfenbüttel

There are 8 urban districts

Other important towns are Göttingen, Hildesheim and Goslar.