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Brandenburg

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Brandenburg
Banner o Brandenburg
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Coat of airms o Brandenburg
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Coordinates: 52°21′43″N 13°0′29″E / 52.36194°N 13.00806°E / 52.36194; 13.00806
KintraGermany
Govrenment
  Meenister-Preses(SPD)
  Govrening pairtiesSPD / The Left
  Bundesrat votes4 (o 69)
Area
  Tot29478.63 km2 (11,381.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[1]
  Tot2,537,868
  Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeDE-BB
Vehicle registrationformerly: BP (1945–1947), SB (1948–1953)[2]
GDP/ Nominal€48 billion (2005) [citation needit]
NUTS RegionDE4
Websitebrandenburg.de

Brandenburg (Aboot this soondlisten ; 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.

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  1. "Bevölkerungsentwicklung und Flächen der kreisfreien Städte, Landkreise und Gemeinden im Land Brandenburg 2021" (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg (in German). Juin 2022.
  2. 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.

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