Lower Saxony

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Flag

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Coat-of-arms

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Statistics

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Capital:Hanover

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Area:47,618 km²

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Inhabitants:8,002,916 September 30, 2004

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pop. density:168 inh./km²

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Website:niedersachsen.de

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ISO 3166-2:DE-NI

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Politics

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Minister-president:Christian Wulff (CDU)

Related Topics:
Minister-president - Christian Wulff - CDU

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Ruling party:CDU/FDP

Related Topics:
CDU - FDP

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Map

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With an area of 47,618 km² and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) ) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the country's sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). In rural areas Low Saxon is still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.

Related Topics:
German - Germany - Bundesländer - Low Saxon

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