North Rhine-Westphalie Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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Coordinates: 51°28′N 7°33′E / 51.467°N 7.550°E | |
Kintra | Germany |
Caipital | Düsseldorf |
Govrenment | |
• Minister-Präsident | (Hendrik Wüst) CDU) |
• Govrening pairties | CDU / FDP |
• Bundesrat votes | 6 (o 69) |
Area | |
• Tot | 34110.26 km2 (13,170.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Tot | 17,924,591 |
• Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | DE-NW |
GDP/ Nominal | €711 billion (2019[2]) [citation needit] |
NUTS Region | DEA |
Website | www.nrw.de |
North Rhine-Westphalie (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, NRW) is the maist muckle state o Germany, wi fower o the kintra's ten lairgest ceeties. The state wis formit in 1946 as a merger o the northren Rhineland an Westphalie, baith umwhile pairt o Proushie. The caipital ceety is Düsseldorf wi 578,326 indwallers. The lairgest ceety is Cologne wi 991,395 indwallers. The meenister-preses is Hendrik Wüst (CDU).