Brandenburg

Brandenburg
Brandenburg
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	Coordinates: 52°21′43″N 13°0′29″E / 52.36194°N 13.00806°E
Kintra	Germany
Caipital	Potsdam
	Govrenment
- Meenister-Preses	Matthias Platzeck (SPD)
- Govrenin pairties	SPD / The Left
- Votes in Bundesrat	4 (o 69)
	Aurie
- Total	29,478.63 km2 (11,381.8 sq mi)
	Indwallers (2008-12-31)
- Total	2,522,493
- Densitie	85.6/km2 (221.6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Simmer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	DE-BB
Vehicil registration	formerly: BP (1945–1947), SB (1948–1953)
GDP/ Nominal	€ 48 billion (2005)[citation needit]
NUTS Region	DE4
Wabsteid	brandenburg.de

Brandenburg ( listen^?; Lawer Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is ane o the saxteen federal-states o Germany. It lees in the east o the kintra an is ane o the new federal states that wur re-creatit in 1990 upon the reunification o the umwhile Wast Germany an East Germany. The caipital is Potsdam. Brandenburg surroonds but does no include the naitional caipital an ceety-state o Berlin.

Oreeginatin in the medieval Northren March, the Margraviate o Brandenburg grew tae become the core o the kinrick, later Free State o Proushie. The eastren third o historic Brandenburg (Ostbrandenburg/Neumark) was cedit tae Poland in 1945.

References [edit]

↑ Bevölkerung im Land Brandenburg am 31.12.2008 nach amtsfreien Gemeinden, Ämtern und Gemeinden. Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved on 3 Januar 2010. .
↑ BP = Brandenburg Province, SB = Soviet Zone, Brandenburg. With the abolition of states in East Germany in 1952 vehicle registration followed the new Bezirk subdivisions. Since 1991 distinct prefixes are specified for each district.