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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Rhineland-Palatinate (/ˌraɪnlænd pəˈlætɪnɪt, -lənd-/ RYNE-land pə-LAT-in-it, -lənd-, US also /-ɪneɪt/ -in-ayt; German: Rheinland-Pfalz [ˈʁaɪnlant ˈpfalts] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Rheinland-Pfalz [ˈʀɑɪnlɑm ˈpfɑlts]; Palatine German: Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms, and Neuwied.[3] It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by France, Luxembourg and Belgium.
Rhineland-Palatinate
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Coordinates: 49°54′47″N 7°27′0″E | |
Country | Germany |
Founded | 30 August 1946 |
Capital | Mainz |
Government | |
• Body | Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate |
• Minister-President | Alexander Schweitzer (SPD) |
• Governing parties | SPD / Greens / FDP |
• Bundesrat votes | 4 (of 69) |
• Bundestag seats | 36 (of 736) |
Area | |
• Total | 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2019) | |
• Total | 4,093,903 |
• Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €171.699 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | €41,366 (2022) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | DE-RP |
NUTS Region | DEB |
HDI (2021) | 0.929[2] very high · 11th of 16 |
Website | www![]() |
Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter was returned to German control in 1957. Rhineland-Palatinate's natural and cultural heritage includes the extensive Palatinate winegrowing region, picturesque landscapes, and many castles and palaces.[4]
Rhineland-Palatinate is currently the only federal state in Germany where nuclear weapons are stored extraterritorially under the responsibility and supervision of US forces.