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Do not fill this in! === Constituent states === {{Main|States of Germany|Federalism in Germany|List of current Minister-presidents of the German federal states}} Germany is a [[federation]] and comprises [[States of Germany|sixteen constituent states]] which are collectively referred to as {{lang|de|Länder}}.<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany |title=Germany |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url-status=live |accessdate=18 March 2021 |archivedate=13 June 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613043752/https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany }}</ref> Each state ({{lang|de|Land}}) has its own constitution,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/GB_I/I.7/Europa/Wissenswertes/English_information/North_Rhine_Westphalia_Constitution_revised.jsp |title=Example for state constitution: "Constitution of the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia" |publisher=[[Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia|Landtag (state assembly) of North Rhine-Westphalia]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117011619/http://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/GB_I/I.7/Europa/Wissenswertes/English_information/North_Rhine_Westphalia_Constitution_revised.jsp |archivedate=17 January 2013 |accessdate=17 July 2011}}</ref> and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation.<ref name="Britannica" /> {{As of|2017}} Germany is divided into 401 [[Districts of Germany|districts]] ({{lang|de|Kreise}}) at a municipal level; these consist of 294 [[List of rural districts of Germany|rural districts]] and 107 [[Urban districts of Germany|urban districts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/Verwaltungsgliederung/Verwalt2QAktuell.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile |title=Verwaltungsgliederung in Deutschland am 30 June 2017 – Gebietsstand: 30 June 2017 (2. Quartal) |date=July 2017 |publisher=[[Statistisches Bundesamt]] Deutschland |language=German |format=XLS |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010084800/https://www.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/Verwaltungsgliederung/Verwalt2QAktuell.xlsx?__blob=publicationFile |archivedate=10 October 2017 |accessdate=9 August 2017}}</ref><!--"Kreis", "Landkreis" and 3 special regional districts count as rural districts; "Stadtkreis" and "kreisfreie Stadt" are urban districts.--> <div style="float: left;margin:0 2em 0 0;">{{German Federal States}}</div> {| style="background:none;" cellspacing="2px" | {| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:85%;" |- style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;" ! style="width:160px;"| [[States of Germany|State]] !! style="width:85px;"| Capital !! style="width:75px;"| Area (km<sup>2</sup>)<ref name="Fläche">{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistikportal.de/de/bevoelkerung/flaeche-und-bevoelkerung |title=Fläche und Bevölkerung |website=Statistikportal.de |language=de |accessdate=15 July 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143938/https://www.statistikportal.de/de/bevoelkerung/flaeche-und-bevoelkerung |archivedate=12 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>!! style="width:70px;" | Population (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.statistikportal.de/de/bevoelkerung/flaeche-und-bevoelkerung |title=Fläche und Bevölkerung nach Ländern |date=December 2019 |publisher=[[Statistisches Bundesamt]] und statistische Landesämter |language=German |accessdate=3 April 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707195926/https://www.statistikportal.de/de/bevoelkerung/flaeche-und-bevoelkerung |archivedate=7 July 2019 }}</ref>!! style="width:100px;"| [[List of German states by GRP|Nominal GDP]] billions EUR (2022)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vgrdl.de/VGRdL/tbls/tab.jsp?lang=en-GB&rev=RV2014&tbl=tab01 |title=Gross domestic product – at current prices – 1991 to 2015 |date=5 November 2016 |publisher=Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105232319/http://www.vgrdl.de/VGRdL/tbls/tab.jsp?lang=en-GB&rev=RV2014&tbl=tab01 |archivedate=5 November 2016 }}</ref>!! style="width:100px;" | [[List of German states by GRP per capita|Nominal GDP per capita]] EUR (2022)<ref name="auto" /> |- | [[Baden-Württemberg]] || [[Stuttgart]] || style="text-align:right"|35,751|| style="text-align:right"|11,069,533 || style="text-align:right"|572 || style="text-align:right"|50,982 |- | [[Bavaria]] || [[Munich]] || style="text-align:right"|70,550|| style="text-align:right"|13,076,721 || style="text-align:right"|716 || style="text-align:right"|53,768 |- | [[Berlin]] || [[Berlin]] ||style="text-align:right"|892|| style="text-align:right"|3,644,826 || style="text-align:right"|179 || style="text-align:right"|48,147 |- | [[Brandenburg]] || [[Potsdam]] || style="text-align:right"|29,654|| style="text-align:right"|2,511,917 || style="text-align:right"|88 || style="text-align:right"|34,610 |- | [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]] || [[Bremen]] || style="text-align:right"|420|| style="text-align:right"|682,986 || style="text-align:right"|38 || style="text-align:right"|56,901 |- | [[Hamburg]] || [[Hamburg]] ||style="text-align:right"|755|| style="text-align:right"|1,841,179 || style="text-align:right"|144 || style="text-align:right"|76,910 |- | [[Hesse]] || [[Wiesbaden]] || style="text-align:right"|21,115|| style="text-align:right"|6,265,809 || style="text-align:right"|323 || style="text-align:right"|50,751 |- | [[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] || [[Schwerin]] || style="text-align:right"|23,214|| style="text-align:right"|1,609,675 || style="text-align:right"|53 || style="text-align:right"|32,837 |- | [[Lower Saxony]] || [[Hanover]] || style="text-align:right"|47,593|| style="text-align:right"|7,982,448 || style="text-align:right"|339 || style="text-align:right"|41,826 |- | [[North Rhine-Westphalia]] || [[Düsseldorf]] || style="text-align:right"|34,113|| style="text-align:right"|17,932,651 || style="text-align:right"|793 || style="text-align:right"|43,910 |- | [[Rhineland-Palatinate]] || [[Mainz]] || style="text-align:right"|19,854|| style="text-align:right"|4,084,844 || style="text-align:right"|171|| style="text-align:right"|41,366 |- | [[Saarland]] || [[Saarbrücken]] || style="text-align:right"|2,569|| style="text-align:right"|990,509 || style="text-align:right"|38 || style="text-align:right"|38,944 |- | [[Saxony]] || [[Dresden]] || style="text-align:right"|18,416|| style="text-align:right"|4,077,937 || style="text-align:right"|146 || style="text-align:right"|35,909 |- | [[Saxony-Anhalt]] || [[Magdeburg]] || style="text-align:right"|20,452|| style="text-align:right"|2,208,321 || style="text-align:right"|75 || style="text-align:right"|34,505 |- | [[Schleswig-Holstein]] || [[Kiel]] || style="text-align:right"|15,802|| style="text-align:right"|2,896,712 || style="text-align:right"|112 || style="text-align:right"|41,925 |- | [[Thuringia]] || [[Erfurt]] || style="text-align:right"|16,202|| style="text-align:right"|2,143,145 || style="text-align:right"|71 || style="text-align:right"|33,756 |- | Germany || [[Berlin]] || style="text-align:right"|357,386|| style="text-align:right"|83,019,213 || style="text-align:right"|3867 || style="text-align:right"|45,839 |} |} {{clear}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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