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| North Rhine Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen | |||
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| State of Germany | |||
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| Coordinates: 51°25′38″N 7°39′50″E / 51.4273°N 7.6639°ECoordinates: 51°25′38″N 7°39′50″E / 51.4273°N 7.6639°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Capital | Düsseldorf | ||
| Government | |||
| • Minister President | Hannelore Kraft (SPD) | ||
| • Governing parties | SPD / Gruene | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 34,084 km2 (13,160 sq mi) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 18,033,000 | ||
| • Density | 529.075/km2 (1,370.30/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen) is the federal state (Bundesland) with the highest population in Germany. It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,033,000 inhabitants. The capital is Düsseldorf.
Districts
North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into five government regions:
History of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1807-1813 — Westphalia is a kingdom.
- 1817 — Westphalia became a province of Prussia.
- 1824 — Jülich, Kleve, Berg and Niederrhein united to Rhine Province.
- 1919 — Belgium took Eupen and Malmedy.
- 1946 — Rhine Province, Westphalia and Lippe-Detmold united to North Rhine-Westphalia.
Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Aachen
- Bergisch Gladbach
- Bielefeld
- Bocholt
- Bochum
- Bonn
- Bottrop
- Castrop-Rauxel
- Cologne
- Dinslaken
- Dortmund
- Düren
- Düsseldorf
- Duisburg
- Essen
- Geldern
- Gelsenkirchen
- Gütersloh
- Hagen
- Hamm
- Hattingen
- Heinsberg
- Herne
- Iserlohn
- Köln
- Krefeld
- Leverkusen
- Lippstadt
- Lünen
- Marl
- Moers
- Mönchengladbach
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Münster
- Neuss
- Oberhausen
- Paderborn
- Ratingen
- Recklinghausen
- Remscheid
- Siegen
- Solingen
- Unna
- Velbert
- Wesel
- Wuppertal
- Witten
- Xanten
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