Berlin

Berlin
State of Germany
From top: Skyline including the TV Tower, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin International Film Festival, East Side Gallery (Berlin Wall), Alte Nationalgalerie, Reichstag building (Bundestag)
Flag Coat of arms
Location within European Union and Germany
Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°23′E / 52.517°N 13.383°E / 52.517; 13.383Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°23′E / 52.517°N 13.383°E / 52.517; 13.383
Country	Germany
Government
• Governing Mayor	Michael Müller (politician) (SPD)
• Governing parties	SPD / DIE LINKE / Grüne
• Bundesrat votes	4 (of 69)
Area
• City	891.7 km2 (344.3 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population (2015)
• City	3,710,156
• Density	4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
• Metro	6,004,857
Demonym(s)	Berliner (m), Berlinerin (f)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code(s)	10115–14199
Area code(s)	030
ISO 3166 code	DE-BE
Vehicle registration	B
GDP/ Nominal	€124/ $137 billion (2015)
GDP per capita	€35,600/ $40,000 (2015)
NUTS Region	DE3
Website	berlin.de

Registered residents (2014)
Citizenship	Population
Germany	2,988,824
Turkey	98,659
Poland	53,304
Italy	25,250
Bulgaria	21,393
Serbia	20,052
Russia	19,872
France	17,644
United States	15,710
Vietnam	14,825
Spain	13,767
Romania	13,695
United Kingdom	13,456
Greece	12,491
Other European	107,126
Other Asian	69,999
African Countries	23,918
Other Americas	16,158
Other	16,005

Berlin (/bərˈlɪn/, German: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn]) is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its 16 states. With a population of approximately 3.7 million people, Berlin is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes, Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1417–1701), the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945).Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War II, the city was divided; East Berlin became the capital of East Germany while West Berlin became a de facto West German exclave, surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989) and East Germany territory. Following German reunification in 1990, Berlin once again became the capital of a unified Germany.