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NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

      

        
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Bochum
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Cologne
Dorsten
Dortmund
Drolshagen
Düsseldorf
Essen
Finnentrop
Geilenkirchen
Gütersloh
Hattingen
Heinsberg
Herford
Herne
Kalkar
Kalletal
Kirchhundem
Lennestadt
Linnich
Moers
Münster
Neuss
Oberhausen
Odenthal
Oerlinghausen
Olpe
Winterscheid
Wipperfürth
Wuppertal
      


North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to NRW, official short form NW) 
is the westernmost and - in terms of 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. 

It has borders with the German states of Lower Saxony to the North and Northeast, 
Rhineland-Palatinate to the Southwest and Hesse to the Southeast.

The capital city is Düsseldorf, and the largest city is Cologne (Köln). 

Other major cities are Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Oberhausen, Aachen, Bielefeld, 
Bonn, Bochum, Bottrop, Bergisch Gladbach, Mönchengladbach, Mülheim, Münster, 
Gelsenkirchen, Krefeld, Hagen, Hamm, Herne, Leverkusen, Neuss, Paderborn, 
Recklinghausen, Remscheid, Siegen, Solingen, Witten and Wuppertal.

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STATES OF GERMANY

Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Saarland
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thuringia

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