Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres (137,988 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With nearly 83 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr, with its main centres of Dortmund and Essen. The country's other major cities are Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Bremen, Dresden, Hanover, and Nuremberg.
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States: 
State 	Since	Capital 	Area
(km2)	Population
(Dec. 2019)
North Rhine-Westphalia(Nordrhein-Westfalen) 	1949 	Düsseldorf 	34,085	17,932,651
Bavaria(Bayern) 	1949 	Munich(München) 	70,552	13,124,737
Baden-Württemberg 	1952 	Stuttgart 	35,752	11,100,394
Lower Saxony(Niedersachsen) 	1949 	Hanover(Hannover)	47,609	7,993,448
Hesse(Hessen) 	1949 	Wiesbaden 	21,115	6,288,080
Rhineland-Palatinate(Rheinland-Pfalz) 	1949 	Mainz 	19,853	4,084,844
Saxony(Sachsen) 	1990 	Dresden 	18,416	4,077,937
Berlin 	1990 	– 	892 	3,669,491
Schleswig-Holstein 	1949 	Kiel 	15,799	2,896,712
Brandenburg 	1990 	Potsdam 	29,479	2,521,893
Saxony-Anhalt(Sachsen-Anhalt) 	1990 	Magdeburg 	20,446	2,208,321
Thuringia(Thüringen) 	1990 	Erfurt 	16,172	2,143,145
Hamburg 	1949 	– 	755 	1,847,253
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	1990 	Schwerin 	23,180	1,609,675
Saarland 	1957 	Saarbrücken 	2,569 	990,509
Bremen 	1949 	Bremen 	419 	681,202