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Germany (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The area of north-central Europe occupied by what is now modern Germany measures some 137,828 square miles in size. Teutons, Celts, Slavs, and Balts inhabited it by the first century BCE. Part of the area was ruled by Romans, then Carolingians. Through the centuries, it was often broken into various states based on ethnic groups including the Alemanni, Bavarians, Upper and Lower Franks, Thuringians, and Frisians. It undertook expansion during the 19th to mid-20th centuries. The official language is German, although Low German is still spoken in the rural North. The 2004 estimated population was 82,633,200. |
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| Deutschland (preferred,C,V,German-P,U,N)
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| Bundesrepublik Deutschland (C,V,O,German,U,N)
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............ | 1949-1990 this name was used to refer to West Germany, from 1990 it has referred to a united Germany |
| Deutschland, Bundesrepublik (C,V)
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| Germany (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Federal Republic of Germany (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Germany, Federal Republic of (C,O)
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| Allemagne (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République fédérale d'Allemagne (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Alemania (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República Federal de Alemania (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Alemanha (C,O)
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| Duitsland (C,O)
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| Germania (C,O,Latin-P,U,N)
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............ | Roman name, and spelling is still used in modern Italian |
| Germania (Italian,U,N)
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| German (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Duitschland (NA,V)
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| Германия (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Федеративая Республика Германия (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 德国 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 德意志联邦共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ألماه اَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ألماه اَ الاتحاد ةً (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| GM (C,O)
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| GM00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| ISO276 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| DEU (C,O,ISO3L)
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| DE (C,O,ISO2L)
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| BRD (C,V)
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| גרמניה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Deutsches Reich (H,V)
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| ISO280 (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, B) |
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federal state was unified in 1871; split between W (BRD) & E (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) in 1949, reunited when the BRD absorbed East Germany in October 1990 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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formed in 1949, added East Germany in 1990 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Berlin .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Germany, Berlin state) [7003712] |
| historical connection .... |
German Colonial Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World) [8711752] |
| historical connection .... |
Southern Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [8711669] |
| historical connection .... |
Weimar Republic .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Europe) [8711754] |
| member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1958 |
| member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
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became a member in 1955 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1973 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[BHA, FDA, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 602 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 612 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 331 ff.; 1:331 ff. |
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Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 221 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 217 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 286 |
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Facts About Germany (1992) 119 |
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Germany in Transition, Dædalus (1994) passim |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 15 |
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ISO Newsletter (1990) 1990-10-30, III-13 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) NAF 80125931 , accessed 2 Feb. 2004 |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1775655 |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Pond, Beyond the Wall (1993) passim |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Reunited, National Geographic (1991) 2-42 & map supplement; map supplement |
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Reuter, Sixteen States (1992) passim |
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Times Atlas of the World (1990) plate 62 |
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Times Atlas of World History (1993) 344 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 52 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 15 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 440 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 437; 437 ff. |
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