Land Brandenburg
| Brandenburg | |||
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| State of Germany | |||
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| Coordinates: 52°21′43″N 13°0′29″E / 52.36194°N 13.00806°ECoordinates: 52°21′43″N 13°0′29″E / 52.36194°N 13.00806°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Capital | Potsdam | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Landtag of Brandenburg | ||
| • Minister-President | Dietmar Woidke (SPD) | ||
| • Governing parties | SPD / The Left | ||
| • Bundesrat votes | 4 (of 69) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 29,478.63 km2 (11,381.76 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2016-12-31) | |||
| • Total | 2,494,648 | ||
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | DE-BB | ||
| Vehicle registration | formerly: BP (1945–1947), SB (1948–1953) | ||
| GDP/ Nominal | €62 billion (2014) | ||
| GDP per capita | €24,200 (2014) | ||
| NUTS Region | DE4 | ||
| Website | brandenburg.de | ||
  History of Brandenburg and Prussia |
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Northern March pre–12th century |
Old Prussians pre–13th century |
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Margraviate of Brandenburg 1157–1618 (1806) |
Teutonic Order 1224–1525 |
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Duchy of Prussia 1525–1618 |
Royal (Polish) Prussia 1466–1772 |
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Brandenburg-Prussia 1618–1701 |
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Kingdom in Prussia 1701–1772 |
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Kingdom of Prussia 1772–1918 |
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Free State of Prussia 1918–1947 |
Klaipėda Region (Lithuania) 1920–1939 / 1945–present |
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Brandenburg (Germany) 1947–1952 / 1990–present |
Recovered Territories (Poland) 1918/1945–present |
Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia) 1945–present |
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| Significant foreign born populations | |
| Nationality | Population (2014) |
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 Poland
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14,802 |
 Syria
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10,832 |
 Russia
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7,556 |
 Ukraine
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3,578 |
 Vietnam
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3,344 |
 Afghanistan
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2,868 |
 Romania
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2,764 |
Brandenburg (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁandn̩bʊɐ̯k] (
listen); Low German: Brannenborg, Lower Sorbian: Bramborska, Upper Sorbian: Braniborsko) is one of the sixteen federated states of Germany. It lies in the northeast of the country covering an area of 29,478 square kilometers and has 2.48 million inhabitants. The capital and largest city is Potsdam. Brandenburg surrounds but does not include the national capital and city-state Berlin forming a metropolitan area.
Originating in the medieval Northern March, the Margraviate of Brandenburg grew to become the core of the Kingdom of Prussia, which would later become the Free State of Prussia with part being the province of Brandenburg. Brandenburg is one of the federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former East Germany and West Germany.
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