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Currently Germany is one of the world's leading economic centres ranked number two in the list of top world traders and has (Jan-04), the third largest economy in the world. With a highly qualified workforce, many German companies and brands are successful in the world markets. Germany's industrial research sector is a world leader from agriculture to space research.

• Population:
  • 82398326
• Area:
  • 357021 km²
• Geography:
  • Germany is located in the centre of Europe. It forms a bridge between maritime West of Europe and the continental East, between the warmer South and the cool North. Germany is a triad of mountain ranges, uplands and low-land plains – the Bavarian Alps in the South, the pleasant wooded mountains of the Mittelgebirge in the centre of the country and the low country along the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts in the North
• Adjacent countries:
  • Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
• Highest point:
  • Zugspitze (2,962 m) - 31% of the country is covered with forests
• Sea Coast:
  • 2,389 km
• Climate:
  • Germany’s climate is temperate. The average temperatures are around 20-30°C in the summer (June/July – August/September) dropping around 0°C in the winter months (November/December – February/March) more
• Life expectancy:
  • 77 years (Men - 73 years; Women - 80 years)
• System of government:
  • The Federal Republic of Germany is a democracy with a liberal free-market economy, freedom of religion and press. Germany is a member of the European Union (EU).
• Capital:
  • Berlin (3.47 million inhabitants)
• States in the Federal Republic:
  • 16 - Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia.
• Railway system:
  • 43,966 km
• Highways and roads
  • 633,000 km
• Cycle tracks
  • 40,000 km
• Federal and national water ways:
  • 10,000 km
• Sea water routes:
  • 23,000 km²
• Time zone:
  • Central European time, and in summer, (end of March to the end of October) put forward one hour.
• Electricity:
  • 230V.
• Currency:
  • Since January 1st 2002 the EURO has become the official currency.