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Lower Saxony (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 9.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Lower Saxony is the second largest state of Germany, its area comprising some 47613.35 square kilometers. It lies between The Netherlands in the west and the German states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Saxony-Anhalt. It formed part of the historic Sachsen region. The people share a common Saxon origin and a common language, Plattdeutsch, related to Dutch, Frisian, and English. It received an influx of refugees during and after World War II. The modern state is a merger of four older districts: Hannover, Braunschweig, Oldenburg, and Schaumburg, created on November 1, 1946. The 2004 estimated population was 8,004,300. |
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| Niedersachsen (preferred,C,V,Spanish)
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| Niedersachsen (German,U,N)
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| Lower Saxony (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Saxony, Lower (C,O)
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| Дæллаг Саксони (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Alam-Saksi (C,U,Estonian)
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| Ala-Saksi (C,U,Finnish)
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| Alsó-Szászország (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| An tSacsain Íochtarach (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Aşağı Saksonya (C,U,Turkish)
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| Baixa Saxônia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Baja Sajonia (C,U,O,Spanish)
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| Bassa Sassonia (C,U,Italian)
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| Basse-Saxe (C,U,French)
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| Britisch Niedersachsen (C,U,German)
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| Delnja Sakska (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Dolna Saksonia (C,U,Polish)
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| Dolné Sasko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Dolní Sasko (C,U,Czech)
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| Dolnosakska (C,U,Lower Sorbian)
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| Dona-Saxän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Donja Saska (C,U,Croatian)
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| Guy Sahoña (C,U,Guarani)
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| Hâ Saxony (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Infra-Saxonia (C,U,Ido)
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| Läichsaksen (C,U,Saterfriesisch)
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| Land Neddersassen (C,U,Low German)
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| Land Niedersachsen (C,U,German)
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| Lawer Saxony (C,U,Scots)
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| Leegsaksen (C,U)
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| Lejassaksija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Lound Läichsaksen (C,U,Saterfriesisch)
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| Malsupra Saksio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Nedderſaſſen (C,U,Low German)
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| Neddersassen (C,U,Low German)
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| Nedersakse (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Nedersaksen (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Nedersaksen (Dutch)
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| Neðra-Saxland (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Needersachse (C,U)
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| Neersassen (C,U,Low German)
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| Nidasaksä (C,U,Pfaelzisch)
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| Niddersachsen (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Niðerseaxland (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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| Niidersaksen (C,U,Northern Frisian)
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| Quyi Saksoniya (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Sachsen Hilir (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Sagsainn Ìosail (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| Saks-Izel (C,U,Breton)
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| Saksonia Chini (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Saksonia e Ulët (C,U,Albanian)
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| Sassonia Bassa (C,U,Venetian)
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| Saxonia Beherea (C,U,Basque)
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| Saxonia Inferioară (C,U,Romanian)
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| Saxonia Inferior (C,U,Latin)
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| Spodnja Saška (C,U,Slovene)
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| State of Lower Saxony (C,U,English)
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| Tlani Saxonia (C,U,Nahuatl)
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| Žemutinė Saksonija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Төменгі Саксония (C,U,Kazakh)
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| Ніжняя Саксонія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| نیدرزاکسن (C,U,Urdu)
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| نیدرزاکسن (Persian-Farsi)
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| تھلواں سیکسنی (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| Нижняя Саксония (C,U,Russian)
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| ساکسۆنیای خواروو (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| नीडरजाक्सन (C,U,Marathi)
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| รัฐนีเดอร์ซัคเซิน (C,U,Thai)
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| Долна Саксония (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Нижня Саксонія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| אונטער-זאקסן (C,U,Yiddish)
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| निचला सैक्सोनी (C,U,Hindi)
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| Доор Саксон (C,U,Mongolian)
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| নিডারজাখসেন (C,U,Bengali)
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| סקסוניה התחתונה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| ქვემო საქსონია (C,U,Georgian)
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| ニーダーザクセン州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| 下薩克遜 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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| Доња Саксонија (C,U,Serbian)
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| 下萨克森 (C,U,Chinese)
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| Κάτω Σαξονία (C,U,Greek)
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| سكسونيا السفلى (C,U,Arabic)
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| 니더작센 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| state (preferred, C) |
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established in 1946 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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