North Rhine-Westphalia
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{{{Name}}} Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Düsseldorf |
| Government | |
| • Minister President | Armin Laschet (CDU) |
| • Governing parties | CDU / FDP |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 18,033,000 |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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North Rhine-Westphalia (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/iana scripts' not found.) is the federal state (Bundesland) with the highest population in Germany. It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,033,000 inhabitants. The capital is Düsseldorf.
Districts
North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into five government regions:
History of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1807-1813 — Westphalia is a kingdom.
- 1817 — Westphalia became a province of Prussia.
- 1824 — Jülich, Kleve, Berg and Niederrhein united to Rhine Province.
- 1919 — Belgium took Eupen and Malmedy.
- 1946 — Rhine Province, Westphalia and Lippe-Detmold united to North Rhine-Westphalia.
Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Aachen
- Bergisch Gladbach
- Bielefeld
- Bocholt
- Bochum
- Bonn
- Bottrop
- Castrop-Rauxel
- Cologne
- Dinslaken
- Dortmund
- Düren
- Düsseldorf
- Duisburg
- Essen
- Geldern
- Gelsenkirchen
- Gütersloh
- Hagen
- Hamm
- Hattingen
- Heinsberg
- Herne
- Iserlohn
- Köln
- Krefeld
- Leverkusen
- Lippstadt
- Lünen
- Marl
- Moers
- Mönchengladbach
- Mülheim an der Ruhr
- Münster
- Neuss
- Oberhausen
- Paderborn
- Ratingen
- Recklinghausen
- Remscheid
- Siegen
- Solingen
- Unna
- Velbert
- Wesel
- Wuppertal
- Witten
- Xanten
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