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| Country | Germany | ||||||
| Government | |||||||
| • First Mayor | Peter Tschentscher (SPD) | ||||||
| • Governing parties | SPD / The Greens | ||||||
| • Votes in Bundesrat | 3 (of 69) | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
| • City | 755 km2 (292 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
| • City | 1,822,445 | ||||||
| • Density | 2,413.8/km2 (6,252/sq mi) | ||||||
| • Metro | 5,107,429 | ||||||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||||||
| Postal code(s) | 20001–21149, 22001–22769 | ||||||
| ISO 3166 code | DE-HH | ||||||
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| GDP/ Nominal | € 111/$130 billion (2016) | ||||||
| GDP per capita | € 62,000/$72,900 (2015) | ||||||
| NUTS Region | DE6 | ||||||
| Website | hamburg.de | ||||||
Hamburg, or in full Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Low German: Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg), is a city in the north of Germany on the banks of the River Elbe, 18 km away from the North Sea. It is also one of the States of Germany.
With a population of about 1.85 million (1850000), it is the biggest German city after Berlin and the sixth largest city of the European Union. The religion is about 37% Protestant, 10% Catholic, 8% Muslim, 38% agnostic, 2% Pagan.
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