North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) is the federal state (Bundesland) with the highest population in Germany. It is in the western part of Germany and has 18,033,000 inhabitants. The capital is Düsseldorf.

Districts
North Rhine-Westphalia is divided into five government regions:


 * Arnsberg
 * Cologne
 * Detmold
 * Düsseldorf
 * Münster

History of North Rhine-Westphalia

 * 1807-1813 — Westphalia is a kingdom.
 * 1817 — Westphalia became a province of Prussia.
 * 1824 — Jülich, Kleve, Berg and Niederrhein united to Rhine Province.
 * 1919 — Belgium took Eupen and Malmedy.
 * 1946 — Rhine Province, Westphalia and Lippe-Detmold united to North Rhine-Westphalia.

Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia

 * Aachen
 * Bergisch Gladbach
 * Bielefeld
 * Bocholt
 * Bochum
 * Bonn
 * Bottrop
 * Castrop-Rauxel
 * Cologne
 * Dinslaken
 * Dortmund
 * Düren
 * Düsseldorf
 * Duisburg
 * Essen
 * Geldern
 * Gelsenkirchen
 * Gütersloh
 * Hagen
 * Hamm
 * Hattingen
 * Heinsberg
 * Herne
 * Iserlohn
 * Köln
 * Krefeld
 * Leverkusen
 * Lippstadt
 * Lünen
 * Marl
 * Moers
 * Mönchengladbach
 * Mülheim an der Ruhr
 * Münster
 * Neuss
 * Oberhausen
 * Paderborn
 * Ratingen
 * Recklinghausen
 * Remscheid
 * Siegen
 * Solingen
 * Unna
 * Velbert
 * Wesel
 * Wuppertal
 * Witten
 * Xanten