South Hesse
Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the state. The other two Regierungsbezirke are Giessen and Kassel.
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Darmstadt
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South Hesse
- Type: Regierungsbezirk with 4,040,000 residents
- Description: administrative subdivision and region of Hesse, Germany
- Also known as: “Darmstadt”, “Darmstadt (region)”, “Darmstadt Government Region”, “Vladni okraj Darmstadt”, “Дармштадт (округ)”, and “Дармштат, адміністрацыйная акруга”
- Neighbors: Lower Franconia
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
50° north
Longitude of center
8.75° or 8° 45′ east
Population
4,040,000
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“South Hesse” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Դարմշտադտի վարչական շրջան”
- Asturian: “Darmstadt”
- Azerbaijani: “Darmştadt”
- Bashkir: “Дармштадт административ округы”
- Basque: “Darmstadt”
- Belarusian: “адміністрацыйная акруга Дармштат”
- Belarusian: “Адміністрацыйная акруга Дармштат”
- Belarusian: “Дармштат”
- Catalan: “Regió de Darmstadt”
- Cebuano: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Chinese: “达姆施塔特行政区”
- Czech: “Darmstadt”
- Czech: “Vládní obvod Darmstadt”
- Danish: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Dutch: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Esperanto: “Distriktaro Darmstadt”
- Estonian: “Darmstadti ringkond”
- Finnish: “Darmstadtin hallintopiiri”
- French: “district de Darmstadt”
- French: “District de Darmstadt”
- Galician: “Rexión de Darmstadt”
- German: “Darmstadt”
- German: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- German: “Südhessen”
- Greek: “Ντάρμστατ”
- Hungarian: “Darmstadt kormányzati kerület”
- Italian: “Assia meridionale”
- Italian: “distretto governativo di Darmstadt”
- Italian: “Distretto governativo di Darmstadt”
- Japanese: “ダルムシュタット県”
- Japanese: “ダルムシュタット行政管区”
- Korean: “다름슈타트현”
- Lombard: “Darmstadt”
- Low German: “Regerungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Luxembourgish: “Regierungsbezierk Darmstadt”
- Macedonian: “Дармштат”
- Northern Frisian: “Darmstadt (Regiiringsdistrikt)”
- Northern Frisian: “Darmstadt”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Regionen Darmstadt”
- Norwegian: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Darmstadt”
- Persian: “دارمشتات”
- Pfaelzisch: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Polish: “Rejencja Darmstadt”
- Portuguese: “Darmstadt”
- Romanian: “Darmstadt”
- Russian: “Дармштадт”
- Scots: “Darmstadt”
- Slovak: “Darmstadt”
- Slovenian: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Spanish: “Región de Darmstadt”
- Swedish: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Turkish: “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
- Ukrainian: “Дармштадт”
- Urdu: “ڈارمسٹڈ (ریجن)”
- Urdu: “ڈارمسٹڈ”
- Venetian: “Darmstadt”
- “Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt”
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