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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate
Rheinland-Pfalz
State of Germany
Flag of Rhineland-Palatinate
Flag
Coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coat of arms
Deutschland Lage von Rheinland-Pfalz.svg
Coordinates: 49°54′47″N 7°27′0″E / 49.91306°N 7.45000°E / 49.91306; 7.45000
Country Germany
Capital Mainz
Government
 • Minister-President Malu Dreyer (SPD)
 • Governing parties SPD / Free Democratic Party (Germany) / Greens
 • Bundesrat votes 4 (of 69)
Area
 • Total 19,854.21 km2 (7,665.75 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 4,052,803
 • Density 200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code DE-RP
GDP/ Nominal €124 billion (2013)
GDP per capita €31,100 (2013)
NUTS Region DEB
Website www.rlp.de
Significant foreign born populations
Nationality Population (2014)
 Turkey 60,159
 Poland 36,817
 Italy 28,538
 Romania 15,805
 Bulgaria 10,926
 Russia 9,503

Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯nlant ˈp͡falt͡s]; French: Rhénanie-Palatinat) is one of the 16 states (German: Länder, lit. "countries" however better translated as "state") of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of 19,846 square kilometres (7,663 sq mi) and about four million inhabitants. Its state capital is Mainz. Rhineland-Palatinate is located in western Germany and borders Belgium, Luxembourg and France, and the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg and Saarland.

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate dates from 30 August 1946. It formed from the northern part of the French Occupation Zone, which included:

A referendum confirmed the state constitution on 18 May 1947.

As of 2010 44.9% of the population of the state adhered to the Roman Catholic Church, 30.6% to the Evangelical Church in Germany. 22.0% of the population is irreligious or adheres to other religions. Muslims made up 2.5% of the total.

The league of ShUM-cities in the later Rhineland-Palatinate comprised the Jewish communities of Mainz, Speyer and Worms which became the center of Jewish life during Medieval times. The Takkanot Shum (Hebrew: תקנות שו"ם‎‎), or Enactments of ShU"M were a set of decrees formulated and agreed upon over a period of decades by their Jewish community leaders.


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