Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩] (listen); Low German: Neddersassen; Saterland Frisian: Läichsaksen) is a German Bundesland (state).

Lower Saxony
Niedersachsen
State of Germany
Flag
Coat of arms
CountryGermany
CapitalHanover
Government
 • Minister PresidentStephan Weil (SPD)
 • Governing partiesSPD / Greens
Area
 • Total47,168 km2 (18,212 sq mi)
Population
 • Total8,002,916
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websiteniedersachsen.de

Places

The capital is Hannover (Hanover).

There are 38 districts:

  1. Ammerland
  2. Aurich
  3. Celle
  4. Cloppenburg
  5. County of Bentheim (Grafschaft Bentheim)
  6. Cuxhaven
  7. Diepholz
  8. Emsland
  9. Friesland
  10. Gifhorn
  11. Goslar
  12. Göttingen
  13. Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)
  1. Hanover (Hannover)
  2. Harburg
  3. Helmstedt
  4. Hildesheim
  5. Holzminden
  6. Leer
  7. Lüchow-Dannenberg
  8. Lüneburg
  9. Nienburg
  10. Northeim
  11. Oldenburg
  12. Osnabrück
  13. Osterholz
  1. Osterode
  2. Peine
  3. Rotenburg
  4. Schaumburg
  5. Soltau-Fallingbostel
  6. Stade
  7. Uelzen
  8. Vechta
  9. Verden
  10. Wesermarsch
  11. Wittmund
  12. Wolfenbüttel

There are 8 urban districts

Other important towns are Göttingen, Hildesheim and Goslar.

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