Hanover
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Hanover German: Hannover |
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 Hanover
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Location of Hanover within Hanover district
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| Coordinates: 52°22′N 9°43′E / 52.367°N 9.717°ECoordinates: 52°22′N 9°43′E / 52.367°N 9.717°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Hanover | |
| Government | ||
| • Lord Mayor | Stefan Schostok (SPD) | |
| • Governing parties | SPD / Greens | |
| Area | ||
| • City | 204.01 km2 (78.77 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • City | 532,163 | |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,800/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 1,119,032 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 30001 - 30669 | |
| Dialling codes | 0511 | |
| Vehicle registration | H | |
| Website | www.hannover.de | |
| Largest groups of foreign residents | |
| Nationality | Population (2015) |
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 Turkey
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16,621 |
 Poland
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7,772 |
 Greece
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4,333 |
 Ukraine
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3,461 |
 Russia
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3,115 |
 Italy
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2,880 |
 Serbia
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2,810 |
 Bulgaria
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2,711 |
 Spain
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2,708 |
 Iraq
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2,211 |
 Romania
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1,825 |
 Iran
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1,669 |
 Croatia
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1,637 |
 China
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1,632 |
 Syria
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1,502 |
Hanover or Hannover (/ˈhænoʊvər/; German: Hannover, pronounced [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the River Leine, is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover). At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become a Kingdom with Hanover as its capital.
From 1868 to 1946 Hanover was the capital of the Prussian Province of Hanover and afterwards of the Hanover administrative region until that was abolished in 2005. It is now the capital of the Land of Lower Saxony. Since 2001 it has been part of the Hanover district (Region Hannover), which is a municipal body made up from the former district (Landkreis Hannover) and city of Hanover (note: although both Region and Landkreis are translated as district they are not the same).
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