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Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
State of Germany
1st row: View of the Binnenalster; 2nd row: Elbphilharmonie, Speicherstadt, River Elbe; 3rd row: Alsterfleet; 4th row: Port of Hamburg, Dockland office building
1st row: View of the Binnenalster; 2nd row: Elbphilharmonie, Speicherstadt, River Elbe; 3rd row: Alsterfleet; 4th row: Port of Hamburg, Dockland office building
Flag of Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Flag
Coat of arms of Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Coat of arms
Deutschland Lage von Hamburg.svg
Coordinates: 53°33′55″N 10°00′05″E / 53.56528°N 10.00139°E / 53.56528; 10.00139Coordinates: 53°33′55″N 10°00′05″E / 53.56528°N 10.00139°E / 53.56528; 10.00139
Country Germany
Government
 • First Mayor Olaf Scholz (SPD)
 • Governing parties SPD / The Greens
 • Bundesrat votes 3 (of 69)
Area
 • City 755 km2 (292 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2015)
 • City 1,787,408
 • Density 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
 • Metro 5,046,182
Demonym(s) Hamburger
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code(s) 20001–21149, 22001–22769
Area code(s) 040
ISO 3166 code DE-HH
Vehicle registration
  • HH (1906–1945; again since 1956)
  • MGH (1945)
  • H (1945–1947)
  • HG (1947)
  • BH (1948–1956)
GDP/ Nominal €109/$121 billion (2015)
GDP per capita €62,000/$68,000 (2015)
NUTS Region DE6
Website hamburg.de
10 Largest Migrant Communities
Nationality Population (2015)
 Turkey 92,745
 Poland 74,234
 Afghanistan 35,805
 Russia 32,388
 Iran 20,429
 Kazakhstan 20,419
 Portugal 12,239
 Ghana 11,956
 Italy 11,652
 Romania 10,942

Hamburg (/ˈhæmbɜːrɡ/; German pronunciation: [ˈhambʊɐ̯k], local pronunciation [ˈhambʊɪ̯ç]; Low German/Low Saxon: Hamborg [ˈhambɔːç]), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg), is the second largest city and a state of Germany, with a population of over 1.7 million people.

The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state, and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a fully sovereign state. Prior to the constitutional changes in 1919, the civic republic was ruled by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. Though repeatedly destroyed by the Great Fire of Hamburg, the floods, and military conflicts including WW2 bombing raids, the city managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe.


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