Germany

The Basics

Population: 82,057,000

Size: 357,021 km²

Adjacent countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.

Geography: Germany is located in the centre of Europe. It forms a bridge between maritime West of Europe and the continental East, between the warmer South and the cool North. Germany is a triad of mountain ranges, uplands and low-land plains – the Bavarian Alps in the South, the pleasant wooded mountains of the Mittelgebirge in the centre of the country and the low country along the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts in the North.

Highest point: Zugspitze (2,962 m) - 31% of the country is covered with forests.

Climate: Germany’s climate is temperate. The average temperatures are around 20-30°C in the summer dropping around 0°C in the winter months 

Life expectancy: 77 years (Men - 73 years; Women - 80 years)

System of government: The Federal Republic of Germany is a democracy with a liberal free-market economy, freedom of religion and freedom of the press. Germany is a member of the European Union (EU).

Capital: Berlin (3.47 million inhabitants)

States in the Federal Republic: 16 - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

Freeways and roads: 633,000 km

Time zone: In Germany, clocks are set to Central European time. From the end of March to the end of October (summertime) they are put forward one hour.

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