| 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:
| 34,084.13 km²[Statistisches Jahrbuch NRW 2005, 47. Jahrgang, Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen, p. 22]
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| Inhabitants:
| 18,075,400(2004)[Statistisches Jahrbuch NRW 2005, 47. Jahrgang, Landesamt für Datenverarbeitung und Statistik Nordrhein-Westfalen]
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| pop. density:
| 530 inh./km²
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| GDP:
| € 463 billion (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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| Prime Minister:
| Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU)
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| Ruling parties:
| CDU/FDP coalition
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North Rhine-Westphalia (
German:
Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to:
NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest
Federal State of
Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's
gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km² (13,158 square miles). North Rhine-Westphalia is situated in the Western part of Germany and shares borders with
Belgium and the
Netherlands.
The capital city is Düsseldorf, other major cities are Cologne (Köln), Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Bielefeld, Bonn and Münster.
Geography
The state is centred on the sprawling
Rhine-Ruhr urbanised region, which contains the cities of
Cologne,
Düsseldorf, and
Bonn, as well as the
Ruhr industrial complex. The Ruhr area consists, among others, of the cities of
Essen,
Dortmund,
Duisburg,
Bochum and
Gelsenkirchen.
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