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Names

Deutschland

Germany

Allemagne

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

République fédérale d'Allemagne

República Federal de Alemania

Alemania

Alemanha

Duitsland

Germania

German

Deutschland, Bundesrepublik

Duitschland

Germany, Federal Republic of

ISO276

GM

GM00

DEU

DE

BRD

Deutsches Reich

ISO280

Place Type
nation
Description
The area of north-central Europe occupied by what is now modern Germany measures some 137,828 square miles in size. Teutons, Celts, Slavs, and Balts inhabited it by the first century BCE. Part of the area was ruled by Romans, then Carolingians. Through the centuries, it was often broken into various states based on ethnic groups including the Alemanni, Bavarians, Upper and Lower Franks, Thuringians, and Frisians. It undertook expansion during the 19th to mid-20th centuries. The official language is German, although Low German is still spoken in the rural North. The 2004 estimated population was 82,633,200.
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Source
Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Britannica Book of the Year (1993); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Engels Woordenboek (1987); Facts About Germany (1992); Germany in Transition, Dædalus (1994); ISO Country Codes (1996); ISO Newsletter (1990); LC Name Authority Headings. [online] (2002-); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999)...

Active

Frederick Bunsen (American, active Germany, born 1952)

Drake Deknatel (American, 1943-2005)

Hubert Gerhard (Dutch, active Germany, ca. 1545-before 1621)

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