North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state in Germany, with 17.5 million inhabitants, located in the west of the country. It consists of two historically independent parts - Nordrhein, the urbanized area across the river Rhine in the southwest, and…
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Lower Rhine is a region in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany along the river Rhine below the Cologne Lowland. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Bergisches Land
Bergisches Land is a low mountainous region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Teutoburg Forest
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- Type: State
- Description: state of Germany
- Category: state of Germany
- Location: Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- Neighbors: Gelderland, Hesse, Limburg, Liège, Lower Saxony, Overijssel, Rhineland-Palatinate and Wallonia
Latitude of center 51.4789° or 51° 28' 44.1" north | Longitude of center 7.5544° or 7° 33' 15.8" east |
Population 18,000,000 | Abbreviation NRW |
Abbreviation NW | Elevation 45 metres (148 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 519425071 | GeoNames ID 2861876 |
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Also Known As
- Afar: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Afrikaans: Noordryn-Wesfale
- Albanian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Albanian: Raini i Veriut dhe Falia Perendimore
- Amharic: ኖርድራይን-ቬስትፋለን
- Arabic: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Arabic: شمال الراين-وستفاليا
- Arabic: شمال الراين فستفاليا
- Arabic: شمال الراين فيستفاليا
- Arabic: ولاية شمال الراين فستفاليا
- Aragonese: Renania d'o Norte-Westfalia
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Հռենոս-Վեսթֆալիա
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Հռենոս-Վեստֆալիա
- Asturian: Renania del Norte-Westfalia
- Aymara: Nordrhein-Westfalen suyu
- Azerbaijani: Şimali Reyn-Vestfaliya
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ Рейн-Вестфалия
- Basque: Ipar Renania-Westfalia
- Bavarian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Belarusian: Паўночны Райн — Вэстфалія
- Belarusian: Паўночны Рэйн-Вестфалія
- Bengali: নর্ডরাইন-ভেস্টফালেন
- Bosnian: Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija
- Breton: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Breton: Norzh Roen-Westfalia
- Bulgarian: Северен Рейн-Вестфалия
- Catalan: Rin del Nord - Westfàlia
- Catalan: Rin del Nord-Westfàlia
- Cebuano: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Central Kurdish: ڕاین-وێستفالیای باکوور
- Chechen: Къилбседа Рейн-Вестфали
- Chechen: Къилбседера Рейн-Вестфали
- Chinese: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Chinese: 北莱茵-威斯特法伦
- Chinese: 北莱茵－威斯特法伦
- Chinese: 北萊因-威斯特法倫
- Chinese: 北萊茵-威斯特法倫
- Chinese: 北萊茵-威斯特法倫州
- Chinese: 北萊茵－威斯特法倫
- Chinese: 北萊茵－西法倫
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Рейн-Вестфали
- Cornish: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Corsican: Nordu Renu-Westfalia
- Corsican: Renania Settentriunale-Vestfalia
- Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Reyn-Vestfaliya
- Croatian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Croatian: Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija
- Czech: Severní Porýní-Vestfálsko
- Danish: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Dimli (individual language): Ren-Westfalya Zımey
- Dutch: NRW
- Dutch: Noord-Rijnland-Westfalen
- Dutch: Noordrijn-Westfalen
- English: NRW
- English: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- English: Northrhine-Westphalia
- Esperanto: NRW
- Esperanto: Nord-Rejno-Vestfalio
- Esperanto: Nordrejn-Vestfalio
- Esperanto: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Estonian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Faroese: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Finnish: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- French: Rhénanie-du-Nord
- French: Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie
- French: Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie
- Galician: Renania do Norte-Westfalia - Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Galician: Renania do Norte-Westfalia
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი რაინ-ვესტფალია
- German: DE-NW
- German: NRW
- German: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Greek: Βόρεια Ρηνανία-Βεστφαλία
- Guarani: Yvate Rrenania-Westfalia
- Gujarati: નોર્થ રાઇન-વેસ્ટફાલિયા
- Hakka Chinese: Pet Rhine-Westphalia
- Hausa: Pet Rhine-Westphalia
- Hebrew: נורדריין-וסטפאליה
- Hindi: उत्तरी राइन
- Hindi: उत्तरी राइन वेस्ट्फ़ेलिया
- Hungarian: Észak-Rajna-Vesztfália
- Hungarian: Észak-Rajna–Vesztfália
- Icelandic: Norðurrín-Vestfalía
- Ido: Nordrheno-Vestfalia
- Iloko: Amianan a Renania-Wespalia
- Indonesian: NRW
- Indonesian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Indonesian: North Rhine-Westphalia
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Rhenania del Nord - Westfalia
- Interlingue: Nordrhein-Vestfalia
- Irish: An Réin Thuaidh-Viostfáil
- Irish: Tuaisceart na Réine agus an Viostfáil
- Italian: Nord Reno-Westfalia
- Italian: Renania Settentrionale-Vestfalia
- Japanese: ノルトライン＝ヴェストファーレン州
- Javanese: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ರೈನ್-ವೆಸ್ಟ್ಫಾಲಿಯಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Kazakh: Солтүстік Рейн-Вестфалия
- Kongo: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Korean: 노르트라인베스트팔렌 주
- Korean: 노르트라인베스트팔렌주
- Kurdish: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Kölsch: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Lao: Amianan a Renania-Wespalia
- Latin: Rhenania Septentrionalis et Vestfalia
- Latvian: Ziemeļreina-Vestfālene
- Ligurian: Renania do Nòrd-Vestfall-ia
- Limburgan: Noordrien-Wesfale
- Lingala: Rein-ya-Nola-Falí-ya-Límbe
- Literary Chinese: 北萊茵-威斯特法倫
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Reinas-Vestfalija
- Lombard: Nord Reno-Westfalia
- Low German: Noordrhain-Westfele
- Low German: Noordrhien-Westfalen
- Lower Sorbian: Nordrhein-Westfalska
- Luxembourgish: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Macedonian: Северна Рајна-Вестфалија
- Malay: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Malay: North Rhine-Westphalia
- Malayalam: നോർത്ത് റൈൻ-വെസ്റ്റ്ഫാലിയ
- Manx: Yn Rhine Hwoaie-Westfalen
- Marathi: नोर्डऱ्हाइन-वेस्टफालन
- Min Nan Chinese: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Mongolian: Умар Райн-Вестфален
- Mongolian: Умард Райн-Вестфален
- Neapolitan: Nord Reno-Westfalia
- Nepali: उत्तरी राइन
- Northern Frisian: Nordrhin-Weestfåålen
- Northern Sami: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Norwegian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Occitan (post 1500): Ren del Nòrd-Vestfàlia
- Ossetian: Цæгат Рейн-Вестфали
- Pampanga: North Rhine-Westphalia
- Pampanga: Pangulung Rhine-Westphalia
- Panjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਰਾਈਨ-ਪੱਛਮੀ ਫ਼ਾਲਨ
- Papiamento: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Pennsylvania German: Nordrhoi-Wessfoale
- Persian: نوردراین-وستفالن
- Pfaelzisch: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Pfaelzisch: Nordrhoi-Weschdfaale
- Picard: Nord-Rhénanie-Westfalie
- Piemontese: Nòrd Ren-Westfalia
- Polish: Nadrenia Północna-Westfalia
- Portuguese: Renânia do Norte-Vestfália
- Pushto: نوردراین-وستفالن
- Quechua: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Romanian: Renania de Nord-Westfalia
- Romansh: Rain dal Nord-Vestfalia
- Russian: Северный Рейн-Вестфалия
- Russian: Северный Рейн—Вестфалия
- Rusyn: Севернє Поріня-Вестфалія
- Sardinian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Sardinian: Renània de su Norte-Westfàlia
- Saterfriesisch: Noudrhien-Wäästfoalen
- Scots: North Rhine-Westphalie
- Scottish Gaelic: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Serbian: Северна Рајна-Вестфалија
- Serbo-Croatian: Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale
- Serbo-Croatian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Rajna-Vestfalija
- Sindhi: نارٿ رائن وستڦيليا
- Sinhala: උතුරු රයිනේ- වෙස්ට්ෆාලියා
- Slovak: Severné Porýnie-Vestfálsko
- Slovenian: Severno Porenje-Vestfalija
- South Azerbaijani: نوردراین-وستفالن
- Spanish: Renania del Norte-Westfalia
- Sundanese: NRW
- Sundanese: Nordrhein-Wéstfalen
- Sundanese: North Rhine-Westphalia
- Swahili: Rhine Kaskazini-Westfalia
- Swedish: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Swiss German: Nordrhy-Westfale
- Tagalog: Hilagang Renania-Westfalia
- Tajik: Рейн-Вестфалияи Шимолӣ
- Tamil: வடக்கு ரோஹினி -வெஸ்டபாலிஆ
- Tamil: வட ரைன்-வெஸ்ட்ஃபாலியா
- Tatar: Төньяк Райн-Вестфалия
- Tatar: Төньяк Рейн-Вестфалия
- Telugu: నార్త్ రైన్-వెస్ట్ఫాలియా
- Thai: รัฐนอร์ทไรน์-เว็สท์ฟาเลิน
- Tosk Albanian: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Turkish: Kuzey Ren-Vestfalya
- Udmurt: Уйпал Рейн-Вестфалия
- Ukrainian: NRW
- Ukrainian: Північний Рейн-Вестфалія
- Upper Sorbian: Sewjerorynsko-Westfalska
- Urdu: نارتھ رحینی-ویستپحالیا
- Urdu: نوردرائن-ویسٹ فالیا
- Urdu: نورڈرائن ویسٹ فالن
- Uzbek: Shimoliy Reyn-Vestfaliya
- Venetian: Nord Reno-Westfalia
- Venetian: Renania Setentrional-Vestfalia
- Vietnamese: Bắc Rhine-Westphalia
- Vietnamese: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Vlaams: Noordreyn-Westfalen
- Volapük: Nolüdarinän-Vesfalän
- Waray (Philippines): Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Welsh: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Western Frisian: Noardryn-Westfalen
- Western Panjabi: اتلا رائین لیندا فالیہ
- Wu Chinese: 北莱茵-威斯特法伦
- Yakut: Хотугу Рейн-Вестфалия
- Yiddish: נארד ריין-וועסטפאליע
- Yoruba: Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Yue Chinese: 北萊茵－西法倫
- Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Nordrhen-Westfalia
- Renania do Nòrd-Vestfallia
- Renàgna Setentriunàla-Vestfàglia
- Renê Zımey-Westfalya
- Reyn-Westfaliya Bakur
- Rhein Mictlāmpa-Westfalen
- Rhenania del Nord-Westfalia
- ڕاینی باکوور-وێستفالیا
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