Official Name: Federal Republic of Germany Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. Capital: Berlin Area: total: 357,021 sq km. land: 349,223 sq km. water: 7,798 sq km. Lowest point: Freepsum Lake -2 m. Highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m.

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Population: 82,400,996 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: German(s) Ethnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Serbo-Croatian, Italian, Russian, Greek, Polish, Spanish). Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%. Languages: German.

Temperate and marine. Cool cloudy wet winters and summers. Occasional warm foehn wind.

Government type: Federal Republic Independence: 18 January 1871 (German Empire unification). Divided into four zones of occupation (UK, US, USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II. Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones. German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) proclaimed 7 October 1949 and included the former USSR zone. Unification of West Germany and East Germany took place 3 October 1990. All four powers formally relinquished rights 15 March 1991. National holiday: Unity Day, 3 October (1990).

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