Country | Germany |
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Capital | Potsdam |
Government | |
• Minister President | Dietmar Woidke (SPD) |
• Governing parties | SPD / Linke |
Area | |
• Total | 29,480 km2 (11,380 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,548,200 |
• Density | 86.438/km2 (223.87/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | brandenburg.de |
Brandenburg (Low Sorbian: Bramborska, Low German: Brannenborg) is a state (Bundesland) in Germany. It has been a state since 1990. It is 29,480 km² in area. It has about 2.6 million inhabitants.
Until 1945 it was the biggest province in Prussia, with 38,278 km² and 3 million inhabitants. From 1949 to 1952 it was a state in the German Democratic Republic. In 1952 it became divided into three Bezirke (Potsdam, Frankfurt and Cottbus). The capital of Brandenburg is Potsdam.