GERMANY

GERMANY

LOCATIONIt's a country located in Central Europe. It's bordered by Poland, Denmark, Austria, France, the Baltic sea, the North sea, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands, Swizerland and Czech Republic.

CAPITALThe capital of Germany is Berlín.

The population of Berlín is 3,375, 200.

The area of Berlín is 892 km2

FLAGThe flag of Germany is a tricolour consisting of three equal horizontal bands displaying the national colours of Germany: black, red, and gold.

The flag was first adopted as the national flag of modern Germany in 1919, during the Weimar Republic.

COAT OF ARMSThe coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle with red feet, beak and tongue on a yellow field. It has a big black eagle in the centre.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The total area of Germany is 137,837 square miles.

In June 2013 it had a population of 80,6 millions.

After the United States, Germamy is the second most popular country for migration in the world.

CULTURE

LANGUAGES

The official language of Germany is

German, with over 95% of the country

speaking it or German dialects as their

first language.

Other languages spoken in the country

are Sorbian, Romani, Danish and North

Frisian.

GOVERNMENT

Germany is a federal, parliamentary, representative democratic republic.

Angela Merkel is chancellor since 2005. Joachin Gauck is president since 2012

Currency

The currency of Germany has been the Euro since 2002.

Other currency abolished : Deutsche Mark ( 2002 ), East German Mark ( 1990 ), Saar Franc ( 1959 ), Saar Marc ( 1947 ), Reichsmark ( 1948 ), German Rentenmark ( 1924 ), German Papiermark ( 1923 ) .....

RELIGION

Christianity is the largest religion in Germany with 62% of the total population The second largest religion is Islam with 4.6 to 5.2% of the country's total population. There is also a small presence of other religions such as Buddhism and Judaism. During the last few decades, the two largest churches in Germany, namely the Protestant Evangelical Church and the Roman Catholic Church, have lost significant number of adherents. More than 30% of the population is not affiliated with any church or other religious body.

SPORTS

In Germany most people practice ice hockey, basketball, handball, motorsports, wintersports, tennis, cycling, chess, golf, boxing, rugby union and waters sports.

In 2006 they celebrated the FIFA world cup. The last match of this cup was in the stadium Allianz Arena

FOOD

German cuisine varies from region to region.  Across German regions, meat is often eaten as sausages which are produced in almost 1,500 varieties. the national alcoholic drink is beer. 

CLIMATE

●Germany's climate is temperate and marine, with cold, cloudy, wet winters and moderate warm summers and in the south occasional warm wind. ●The greater part of Germany lies in the cool/temperate climatic zone in which humid westerly winds predominate

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