North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Low Fanconian: Noordrie-Wesfale, Low German: Niggrdrhien-Westfalen, Kölsch: Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale) 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, and the city with the most inhabitants is Cologne. Districts North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into five government regions: Arnsberg Cologne Detmold Düsseldorf Münster History 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 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