State of Berlin

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The State of Berlin is both a city and one of Germany’s 16 federal states, serving as the country’s capital and largest urban center.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf German federal state
capital city
city-state
areaSquareKilometres 891.8
borderedBy State of Brandenburg
callingCode +49 30
capital Berlin
capitalOf Germany
containsLandmark Berlin Wall Memorial
Brandenburg Gate
Museum Island
Reichstag building
containsRiver Havel
Spree
country Germany
currency Euro
establishedAsCurrentState 1990
formerCurrency Deutsche Mark
governmentType city-state government
hasSubdivisions 12 boroughs
headOfGovernmentTitle Governing Mayor of Berlin
historicalPredecessor East Berlin
West Berlin
hostsInstitution German Bundesrat
German Bundestag
German Federal Chancellery
Office of the Federal President of Germany
ISO3166-2Code DE-BE
isOneOf 16 German federal states
largestCity Berlin
largestCityIn Germany NERFINISHED
largestUrbanAreaIn Germany NERFINISHED
legislativeBody Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
locatedInRegion northeastern Germany
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
memberOf Bundesrat of Germany
numberOfGermanFederalStates 16
observesDaylightSavingTime Central European Summer Time
officialLanguage German
officialWebsite https://www.berlin.de
partOf Federal Republic of Germany
population approximately 3.8 million
populationRankInGermany 1
reunificationDate 3 October 1990
summerTimeZoneOffset +2
timeZoneOffset +1
upperHouse Borough Council of Berlin (Bezirksverordnetenversammlungen)
vehicleRegistrationCode B


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