North Rhine-Westphalia

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State Coat-of-Arms (Landeswappen)

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Civil Flag (Landesflagge)

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State Service Flag(Landesdienstflagge)

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Statistics

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Capital:Düsseldorf

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Area:34,080 km²

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Inhabitants:18,060,211 (2002)

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pop. density:530 inh./km²

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GDP:Euro 463B (2002)

Related Topics:
GDP - Euro - 2002

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Website:http://www.nrw.de/

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ISO 3166-2:DE-NW

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Politics

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Minister-president:Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU)

Related Topics:
Minister-president - Jürgen Rüttgers - CDU

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Ruling parties:CDU/FDP coalition

Related Topics:
CDU - FDP

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Map

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North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, short: NRW) is the largest in population (though only fourth in area) among Germany's 16 federal states. It has about 18 million inhabitants and comprises 34,080 km² (13,158 square miles) in western-northwestern Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia contributes about 22 percent of Germany's gross domestic product; its capital is Düsseldorf.

Related Topics:
German - Germany - Federal states - Gross domestic product - Düsseldorf

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