North Rhine-Westphalia
state in Germany
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Summary
North Rhine-Westphalia is a federated state of Germany[1]. It draws 36,868 Wikipedia views per month (federated state of germany category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3], IT Planning Council[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Germany[5]
- Country: Germany[6]
- Head of government: Hendrik Wüst[7]
- Capital: Düsseldorf[8]
- Shares border with: Lower Saxony[9], Hesse[10], Rhineland-Palatinate[11], Walloon Region[12], Limburg[13], Gelderland[14], Overijssel[15], Province of Liege[16]
- Named after: North Rhine[17], Province of Westphalia[18]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Arnsberg Government Region[19], Detmold Government Region[20], Düsseldorf Government Region[21], Cologne Government Region[22], Münster Government Region[23]
- Follows: North Rhine[24]
- Flag: flag of North Rhine-Westphalia[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[26], Ghana[27], North Macedonia[28]
- Legislative body: Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia[29]
- Executive body: Government of North Rhine-Westphalia[30]
- Highest judicial authority: Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia[31]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia[32]
- Commons category: North Rhine-Westphalia[33]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[34], UTC+02:00[35]
- Archives at: State Archives of North Rhine-Westphalia[36]
- Has part(s): Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region[37]
- Inception: August 23, 1946[38]
- Highest point: Langenberg[39]
- Coordinate location: 51.466666666667, 7.55[40]
- Official website: https://www.land.nrw/[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:North Rhine-Westphalia[42]
- Commons gallery: Nordrhein-Westfalen[43]
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Physical Characteristics
Population counts include 17,572,000[44], 17,932,651[45], and 17,890,489[46].
Cultural Significance
Things named for North Rhine-Westphalia include Nordrhein-Westfalen[47], a frigate[48] and .nrw[49], a top-level domain[50], founded in 2014[51].
Why It Matters
North Rhine-Westphalia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include Nordrhein-Westfalen[47], a frigate[48] and .nrw[49], a top-level domain[50], founded in 2014[51].