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North Rhine-Westphalia (, , commonly shortened to NRW) is the most populous state of Germany, with a population of approximately 18 million, and the fourth largest by area. Its capital is Dusseldorf; the largest city is Cologne. Four of Germany's ten largest citiesCologne, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, and Essenare located within the state, as well as the second largest metropolitan area on the European continent, Rhine-Ruhr.

North Rhine-Westphalia was formed in 1946 as a merger of the provinces of North Rhine and Westphalia, both formerly parts of Prussia, and the Free State of Lippe. It makes up almost a quarter of the population and a quarter of the economy of Germany.

The first written account of the area was by its conqueror, Julius Caesar, the territories west of the Rhine were occupied by the Eburones and east of the Rhine he reported the Ubii (across from Cologne) and the Sugambri to their north. The Ubii and some other Germanic tribes such as the Cugerni were later settled on the west side of the Rhine in the Roman province of Germania Inferior. Julius Caesar conquered the tribes on the left bank, and Augustus established numerous fortified posts on the Rhine, but the Romans never succeeded in gaining a firm footing on the right bank, where the Sugambri neighboured several other tribes including the Tencteri and Usipetes. North of the Sigambri and the Rhine region were the Bructeri.

1. which German state is has the highest population?
2. is that an acronym?
3. what does it stand for?
4. how many people live there?
5. when was it created?
6. does it play a large part in the country's commerce?
7. how large a part?
8. when it was created did it merge two areas together?
9. what were they?
10. who is the leader of Rome in the article?
11. why is he significant to the area?
12. anything else?
1. NRW
2. Yes
3. North Rhine-Westphalia
4. about 18 million
5. 1946
6. Yes
7. a quarter of the economy
8. Yes
9. North Rhine and Westphalia
10. Julius Caesar
11. he wrote the first written account of the area
12. he conquered it