Hamburg
is Germany's second
largest city (after
Berlin) and its principal
port. The official name
Freie und Hansestadt
Hamburg recalls its
membership in the mediæval
Hanseatic League and
the fact that Hamburg
is a city state and
one of Germany's sixteen
Bundesländer.
The state and administrative
city cover 750 km; with
1.8 million inhabitants,
while another 750,000
live in neighbouring
urban areas. The Greater
Hamburg Metropolitan
Region (Metropolregion
Hamburg) including nearby
districts of Schleswig-Holstein
and Lower Saxony covers
18,100 km; with a population
of 4 million.
The city of Hamburg
is situated at three
rivers, the Alster,
the Bille and the Elbe.
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