North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westpalia (, 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, while 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