Country | Germany |
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Capital | Schwerin |
Government | |
• Minister-President | Manuela Schwesig (SPD) |
• Governing parties | SPD / Die Linke |
• Votes in Bundesrat | 3 (of 69) |
Area | |
• City | 23,179 km2 (8,949 sq mi) |
Population | |
• City | 1,599,100 |
• Density | 68.989/km2 (178.681/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | DE-MV |
Vehicle registration | formerly: MP (1945–1947), SM (1948–1953) |
GDP/ Nominal | € 40 / $45 billion (2015) |
GDP per capita | € 25,000 / $28,000 (2015) |
NUTS Region | DE8 |
Website | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.eu |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or known by its anglicized name: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Low German: Mäkelborg-Vörpommern) is one of the 16 States of Germany. The capital is Schwerin.
As of 2016, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had about 1,612,000 people.
It made part of former East Germany.
It is the most northeastern state of Germany. It borders the Baltic Sea in the north, Poland in the east, Brandenburg in the south, Lower Saxony in the southwest and Schleswig-Holstein in the west.