Germany
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Location: country in the heart of EuropeName: Federal Republic of Germany (in German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
Politicial form: Demoracy in federal form (16 states called "Bundesländer")
Capital: Berlin - ca. 3 500 000 people
Inhabitants: ca. 80 000 000 people
Inhabitants per km²: 243
Structure of population:
88% Germans
10 % Foreigners
- Turks ( 6 000 000 people)
- Polish - 1 000 000 people
-Italian
-Russian
-Spanish
-Greek - 500 000 people
-Marroks
-Jugoslavians
-Austrian
-Dutch
-nearly from every country of the world
2% of the population is member of an ethnicial minority like Frisians, Danish, Dutch and Sorbs, who are allowed to speak their own language, celebreat their culture etc., but they have a German passport.
Size in km²: 357 011
Highest point: Zugspitze in the Alps with 2962 metres
Rivers: Rhein (Rhine), Donau, Elbe, Oder, Weser, Ems, Saale, Havel, Spree, Mosel, Neckar, Main
Big lakes: Bodensee, Müritzsee, Chiemsee, Schweriner See, Starnbergersee, Ammersee, Plauer See, Steinhuder Meer
Climate: wet the whole year, temperatures: mild in the summer cold in the winter, continental in the east, ozeanian in the west
Coastline in km: around 2500 (Northsea & Baltic sea)
Neighbour countries: Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxemburg, Belgium, Netherlands
Currency: Euro (€)
Official Language: German (most Germans except some of the elder people and from the former Democratic Republic speaks English)
Religion: Protestants (47%), Roman-Catholic (38%), no religion (mostly in the East), Muslim and others
Big cities (ca. data):
Berlin - 3 500 000 people
Hamburg - 1 800 000 people
München (Munich) - 1 500 000 people
Köln (Cologne) - 1 030 000 people
Essen - 680 000 people
Frankfurt am Main - 630 000 people
Dortmund - 580 000 people
Düsseldorf - 570 000 people
Leipzig - 565 000 people
Stuttgart - 560 000 people
Hannover - 535 000 people
Duisburg - 532 000 people
Bremen - 528 000 people
Dresden - 520 000 people
Nürnberg - 470 000 people
Bochum - 410 000 people
Wuppertal - 400 000 people
Chemnitz - 310 000 people
Bielefeld - 305 000 people
Mannheim - 303 000 people
Bonn - 300 000 people
Gelsenkirchen - 290 000 people
Magdeburg - 285 000 people
Karlsruhe - 270 000 people
Wiesbaden 267 000 people
Head of state: Horst Köhler (CDU)
Chancellor: Gerhard Schroeder (SPD)
Parliament parties (2002-2008): CDU 38,6% (Christdemocrats, conservative); SPD 38,4% (Social democrats); Greens 8,4%, FDP 7,2% (Liberals)
SPD & the Greens have the majority in the German Bundestag.
Membership of the most important international organisations: United Nations, European Union, Council of Europe
More informations about Germany: http://www.deutschland.de (in 8 languages)