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Germany
GEOGRAPHY
LOCATION
Central
Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North
Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south
of Denmark.
GEOGRAPHIC
COORDINATION
51 00
N, 9 00 E
AREA
Total
area= 356,910 sq km
Land area= 349,520 sq km
Water area=7,390 km
Coastline=2,389 km
CLIMATE
Germany
climate is of moderate type. In the north-west
and the north the climate is oceanic and rail
fall throughout the year. There climate is mild
and comparatively cool according to winter and
summer respectively.
In the east climate shows the clear continental
environment. In winter, it is very cold and in
summer it is very hot.
There is a transitional climate in the central
part and in the south. The temperature in the
summer is about 30 degrees.
TERRAIN
Lowlands
in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in
south.
ELEVATION EXTREMES:
Lowest point:
Freepsum Lake -2m
Highest point: Zugspitze 2,963m
NATIONALITY
German
RELIGIONS:
Protestant
34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, other 28.3%.
LANGUAGE:
German
LITERACY
Compulsory
up to age 15 and over can read and write.
Total Population: 99% (1997 EST.)
Male: NA%
Female: NA%
COUNTRY NAME:
Conventional
long form: Federal Republic of Germany
Conventional short form: Germany
Local long form: Bhundesrepublik Deutschland
Local short form: Deutschland
Former: German Empire, German Republic, German
Reich.
GOVERNMENT TYPE
Federal republic
CAPITAL:
Berlin
ADMINISTRATIVE
DIVISION
13 states
and 3 free states
NATIONAL HOLIDAY
Unit day,
3rd October
FLAG DESCRIPTION
Three equal
horizontal bands of black (at the top), red (middle)
and gold.
CURRENCY
Euro
EXCHANGE RATE
Euros per
us dollar 0.79697 (2005)
FISCAL YEAR
Calendar
year
RADIO BROADCAST
STATION
AM 51, FM
787, SHORTWAVE 4(1998)
TELEVISION BROADCAST
STATION
373(plus
8,042 repeaters) (1995)
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