State of Germany
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Brandenburg in Germany
Country	Germany
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.