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Capital: | Munich |
Area: | 70,553 km² |
Inhabitants: | 11,600,000 (2000) |
pop. density: | 164 inh./km² |
Homepage: | bayern.de (http://www.bayern.de/) |
ISO 3166-2: | DE-BY | Politics |
Minister-President: | Edmund Stoiber (CSU) |
Ruling party: | CSU | Map |
With an area of 70,553 km² and 11.6 million inhabitants, Bavaria (German Bayern or Freistaat Bayern) forms the southernmost of the 16 Bundesländer of Germany. Its capital is Munich.
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The major cities in Bavaria are Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Würzburg[?], Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Fürth[?] and Erlangen.
The districts are grouped into seven administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke), namely:
Culture and language accents differ slightly from region to region.
Furthermore, Bavaria includes 25 independent towns, which don't belong to any district:
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The motorcycle and automobile maker BMW has a Bavarian industrial base (the name stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke, or "Bavarian Motor Works").
A famous annual festival is called Oktoberfest or October Festival. It is the largest public beer festival in the world, celebrated since 1811 during the last two weeks of September.
Bavaria is also a Dutch beer brand.
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