City: Lower Saxony
Country: Germany
Capital: Hanover
Government• Body: Landtag of Lower Saxony
• Minister President: Stephan Weil (SPD)
• Governing parties: SPD / CDU
• Bundesrat votes: 6 (of 69)
Area• Total: 47,614.07 km (18,383.90 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)• Total: 7,926,599
• Density: 170/km (430/sq mi)
Time zone: CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST): CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code: DE-NI
GDP/ Nominal: €247 billion (2013)
GDP per capita: €31,100 (2013)
NUTS Region: DE9
Website: www.niedersachsen.de
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Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩], Low German: Neddersassen) is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by land area, with 47,624 square kilometres (18,388 sq mi), and fourth largest in population (7.9 million) among the sixteen Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas Northern Low Saxon, a dialect of Low German, and Saterland Frisian, a variety of the Frisian language, are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.
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