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The following is a list of the countries and territories where German is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere). It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language (s), as well as dependent territories with German as a co-official language.
The Federal Republic of Germany is a federation and consists of sixteen partly sovereign states. [a] Of the sixteen states, thirteen are so-called area-states ('Flächenländer'); in these, below the level of the state government, there is a division into local authorities (counties and county-level cities) that have their own administration.
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km 2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
In this list, only the cities' and towns' names are given. For more restricted lists with more details, see: List of cities in Germany by population (only Großstädte, i.e. cities over 100,000 population) Metropolitan regions in Germany; Numbers of cities and towns in the German states: Bavaria: 317 cities and towns
The current version of the standard defines codes for all 16 German states, referring to them using the German words Land (singular) and Länder (plural). Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is DE, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for Germany; the second part is two letters derived from the name of the Land.
German Empire (to November 9, 1918) German Reich (from November 9, 1918) Widely recognized state. The following are colonies, concessions and protectorates of Germany: German East Africa (Colony to November 25, 1918) German Kiautschou (Concession to November 7, 1914) German New Guinea (Protectorate to June 28, 1919) German Samoa (Protectorate)
Most countries of the world have different names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Countries are listed alphabetically by their most common name in English. Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order ...
Below is a list of sovereign states with the dates of their formation (date of their independence or of their constitution), sorted by continent.. This list includes the 195 states which are currently member states of the United Nations or non-member observer states with the United Nations General Assembly.