Jutland

Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. Its terrain is relatively flat, with low hills and peat bogs. It has an area of 29,775 km² (11,496 square miles), and a population of 2,491,852 (2004).

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Danish - German - Peninsula - Northern Europe - Denmark - Germany - North Sea - Baltic Sea - Peat

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Much of the peninsula is occupied by the Kingdom of Denmark. The southern portion is made up of the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein, possession of which has passed back and forth between the Danes and various German rulers, with Denmark most recently reclaiming North Schleswig (Nordslesvig in Danish) by plebiscite in 1920.

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Denmark - German - Bundesland - Schleswig-Holstein - Danes - North Schleswig - Danish - Plebiscite - 1920

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The largest cities in the Danish part of the Jutland Peninsula are Århus, Aalborg, Billund, Esbjerg, Frederikshavn, Randers, Kolding, Ribe, Vejle, Viborg, and Horsens.

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Århus - Aalborg - Billund - Esbjerg - Frederikshavn - Randers - Kolding - Ribe - Vejle - Viborg - Horsens

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The five largest cities in Schleswig-Holstein are Kiel, Lübeck, Flensburg, Neumünster, and Norderstedt, although Lübeck and Norderstedt are arguably not in Jutland.

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Kiel - Lübeck - Flensburg - Neumünster - Norderstedt

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