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Country Profile of Germany
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Official Name: Federal Republic of Germany
Capital: Berlin
Area: 356,910 square kilometres (137,804 square miles)
Major cities (Population)
Berlin 3,317,000 (1995 estimate)
Hamburg 1,640,100 (1990 estimate)
Munich 1,241,300 (1992 estimate)
Cologne 958,600 (1992 estimate)
Frankfurt 660,800 (1992 estimate)
Essen 626,100 (1990 estimate)
Dortmund 597,400 (1990 estimate)
Stuttgart 575,600 (1990 estimate)
Düsseldorf 575,100 (1990 estimate)
Leipzig 513,600 (1990 estimate)
Bonn 297,400 (1992 estimate)
Population: 81,591,000 (1995 estimate)
Population growth rate: 0.6 per cent (1990-1995 average)
Type of government: Federal republic
Independence
18 January 1871 (German Empire unification); divided into four zones of occupation (United Kingdom, United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; in 1949, the UK, US, and French zones were merged to form the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) and the Soviet zone became the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany); West and East Germany were unified on 3 October 1990 and the four former occupying nations officially relinquished any power in the country on 15 March 1991.
Constitution: 23 May 1949, known as Basic Law; became constitution of the united Germany on 3 October 1990
Voting Rights: Universal at age 18
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