| State System | Democratic parliamentary federal democracy since 1949 |
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| Administration | 16 federal states |
| Capital City | Berlin, about 3.4 million inhabitants |
| National Flag | Three horizontal stripes in black, red, gold |
| Emblem | Stylized Eagle |
| Anthem | Third verse of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben’s ”Das Lied der Deutschen” to a melody by Joseph Haydn “Kaiserhymne“ |
| State Holiday | October 3, Day of German Unity |
| Parliament | Bundestag |
| Time Zone | Central European Time (CET) |
| Currency | Germany is a member of the Eurozone, EUR 1 = 100 cents |
| Phone Dial Code | +49 |
| Internet TLD | .de (one of the ten most frequent top-level domains) |
| Power voltage | 230 V, 50 Hz |
| Official Language | German. German is the mother tongue of 100 million people and is the mother tongue spoken most frequently in the European Union |
| Location | Central Europe |
| Size | 357,021 km² (137,847 mi²) |
| Inhabitants | About 82 million (Germany has the largest population of any EU member state) |
| Largest Cities | Berlin (3.4 million inhabitants), Hamburg (1.8m), Munich (1.3m), Cologne (1.0m), Frankfurt/Main (662,000) |
| Neighboring States | Germany is located in the heart of Europe and has nine neighbors: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland |
| Borders | 3,757 km (2,334 mi) |
| Coastline | 2,389 km (1,484 mi) |
| Highest Mountain | Zugspitze 2963 m (9,718 ft) |
| Longest Rivers | Rhine 865 km (537 mi), Elbe 700 km (435 mi), Danube 647 km (402 mi) in Germany |
Source: www.facts-about-germany.de