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Business in Germany: Country and People
Here you will get to know more about the administrative structure, the population as well as geographic data of Germany...
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General administrative structure |
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Official flag of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Conventional short form:
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Germany
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Conventional long form:
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Federal Republic of Germany
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Total area (km²): 1)
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357.021 km²
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Population: 1)
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82.369.552 (July 2008 est.)
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Capital:
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Berlin
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Government type: 1)
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federal republic
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Chief of state: 1)
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President Horst Köhler (since 1 July 2004)
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Head of government: 1)
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Chancellor Angela Merkel (since 22 November 2005)
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Administrative districts:
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16 states (incl. 3 free states*): |
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- Baden-Württemberg
- Bayern*
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hessen
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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- Niedersachsen
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- Saarland
- Sachsen*
- Sachsen-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Thüringen*
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Official language:
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German
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Currency (code):
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Euro (EUR)
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Country code:
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0049
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KFZ-Country symbol:
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D
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Internet country code:
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.de
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National holiday:
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3 October (1990)
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Age structure (2008 est.):1)
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0-14 years:
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13.8% (m: 5.826.066; f: 5.524.568) |
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15-64 years:
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66.2% (m: 27.763.917; f: 26.739.934) |
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65 years and over:
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20.0% (m: 6.892.743; f: 9.622.320) |
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Median age (2008 est.): 1)
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total:
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43.4 years |
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male:
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42.2 years |
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female:
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44.7 years |
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97.151.000 (2007) |
| Internet hosts: 1) |
16.494.000 (2007) |
| Internet users: 1) |
42.500.000 (2007) |
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Geographic location:
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Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea
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Land boundaries: 1)
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3.621 km
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Border countries:
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- Belgium: 167 km
- Denmark: 68 km
- France: 451 km
- Luxembourg: 138 km
- Netherlands: 577 km
- Austria: 784 km
- Poland: 456 km
- Switzerland: 334 km
- Czech Republic: 646 km
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Coastline: 1)
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2.389 km
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Natural resources: 1)
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coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, timber, arable land
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Climate: 1)
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temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers |
Sources of information:
1) CIA World Factbook, updated on 2 October, 2008
(c) Copyright 2005, Verband der Vereine Creditreform e.V. / Creditreform International e.V.
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