Regions in Germany
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Primary administrative regions in Germany
There are 16 regions in Germany in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Berlin Land Berlin | 1. | 3,677,472 | Berlin Berlin | 3,426,354 |
Hamburg Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | 2. | 1,906,411 | Hamburg Hamburg | 1,845,229 |
Bavaria Bavaria | 3. | 13,124,737 | Munich Munich | 1,260,391 |
Baden-Wurttemberg Baden-Württemberg | 4. | 11,111,496 | Stuttgart Stuttgart | 630,305 |
North Rhine-Westphalia Nordrhein-Westfalen | 5. | 18,077,762 | Duesseldorf Düsseldorf | 620,523 |
Saxony Saxony | 6. | 4,077,937 | Dresden Dresden | 556,227 |
Bremen Bremen | 7. | 680,130 | Bremen Bremen | 546,501 |
Lower Saxony Lower Saxony | 8. | 8,003,421 | Hannover Hannover | 515,140 |
Hesse Hessen | 9. | 6,243,262 | Wiesbaden Wiesbaden | 278,609 |
Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein | 10. | 2,920,850 | Kiel Kiel | 246,601 |
Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt | 11. | 2,169,253 | Magdeburg Magdeburg | 235,775 |
Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinland-Pfalz | 12. | 4,093,903 | Mainz Mainz | 217,123 |
Thuringia Thuringia | 13. | 2,120,237 | Erfurt Erfurt | 213,692 |
Brandenburg Brandenburg | 14. | 2,520,198 | Potsdam Potsdam | 182,112 |
Saarland Saarland | 15. | 990,509 | Saarbruecken Saarbrücken | 179,349 |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 16. | 1,609,675 | Schwerin Schwerin | 96,641 |