Rhine-Neckar
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Photo: Martin Leu, Public domain.Rhine-Neckar
- Type: Region with 2,390,000 residents
- Description: polycentric metropolitan region located in south western Germany
- Also known as: “Aire urbaine Rhin-Neckar”, “Kurpfalz”, “Metropola regiono Rejno-Neckar”, “Metropola regiono Rejno-Nekaro”, “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH”, “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck”, “Northern Baden-Württemberg”, “Region Metropolitana Rhein-Neckar”, “Region Rhin-Neckar”, “Région Rhin-Neckar”, “Regiona ligo Rhein-Neckar”, “regione metropolitana del Reno-Neckar”, “Regiono Rejno-Neckar”, “Regiono Rejno-Nekaro”, “Regiono Rhein-Neckar”, “Regiono Rhein-Nekaro”, “Regjionin Rhein-Neckar”, “Rein-Neckar”, “Rein-Neckar-kolmio”, “Rejno-Neckar-Triangulo”, “Rejno-Nekaro”, “Rejno-Nekaro-triangulo”, “Rhein-Neckar-Dreieck”, “Rhein-Neckar-området”, “Rhein-Neckar-Raum”, “Rhein-Neckar-Region”, “Rhein-Neckar-Triangulo”, “Rhein-Nekaro”, “Rhen-Neckar-området”, “Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region”, “Severni Baden-Württemberg”, “Triangolo Reno-Neckar”, “Verband Region Rhein-Neckar”, “Verdichtungsraum Rhein-Neckar”, “Треугольник Рейн-Неккар”, “ライン＝ネッカー大都市圏”, “萊茵-內卡都會區”, “萊茵/內卡城市羣”, and “萊茵/內卡城市群”
- Category: metropolitan region in Germany
- Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
49.3189° or 49° 19′ 8″ north
Longitude of center
8.7701° or 8° 46′ 12″ east
Population
2,390,000
Elevation
213 metres (699 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Rhine-Neckar” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rhein-Neckar”
- Balinese: “Wawengkon métropolitan Rhine-Neckar”
- Bulgarian: “Метрополен регион Рейн-Некар”
- Catalan: “Àrea metropolitana Rin-Neckar”
- Chinese: “莱茵-内卡城市群”
- Chinese: “莱茵/内卡城市群”
- Chinese: “萊茵-內卡”
- Chinese: “萊茵－內卡”
- Chinese: “萊茵-內卡城市群”
- Dutch: “Metropoolregio Rijn-Neckar”
- Dutch: “Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region”
- Esperanto: “Metropola regiono Rhein-Neckar”
- Finnish: “Rein–Neckar”
- French: “Région métropolitaine Rhin-Neckar”
- German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- German: “Rhein-Neckar-Gebiet”
- Icelandic: “Rhein-Neckar”
- Italian: “Baden-Württemberg settentrionale”
- Italian: “regione metropolitana Reno-Neckar”
- Italian: “Regione metropolitana Reno-Neckar”
- Japanese: “ライン＝ネッカー広域連合”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropoolregiuun Rhein-Neckar”
- Persian: “راين-نكار”
- Persian: “راین-نکار”
- Pfaelzisch: “Medropolregion Rhoi-Negga”
- Pfaelzisch: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- Polish: “Region Rhein-Neckar”
- Romanian: “Baden-Württemberg de Nord”
- Russian: “Регион Рейн-Неккар”
- Slovenian: “Metropolitanska regija Ren - Neckar”
- Spanish: “Región metropolitana Rhein-Neckar”
- Spanish: “Región Metropolitana Rhein-Neckar”
- Swedish: “Rhen-Neckar”
- Swiss German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar”
- Urdu: “رائن-نیکار”
- Venetian: “Baden-Würtenberg setentrionałe”
- Welsh: “Ardal Fetropolitan Rhine-Neckar”
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