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 | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Location: |
Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark |
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| Area: |
356,910 sq km |
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| Climate: |
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm, tropical foehn wind; high relative humidity |
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| Terrain: |
lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south |
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| Population: |
82,087,361 (July 1999 est.) |
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| Religions: |
Approximately 34% Protestant, 33% Roman Catholic with Jewish, Muslim and other non-Christian minorities.
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| Languages: |
German |
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| Capital: |
Berlin |
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