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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Montana
Area > Land	349,223 sq km		[61st of 238]
Area > Total	357,021 sq km		[67th of 250]
Capital city with population	Berlin - 3,471,418
Climate temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
Forested Land	30.7%		[76th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	51 00 N, 9 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km
Land use > Arable land	33.13%		[18th of 258]
Largest city population	6,482,000		[21st of 174]
Largest city with population	Berlin - 3,471,418
Location Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
Map references Europe
Natural hazards	flooding
Natural resources coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land
Population density	234.86 people per sqkm		[50th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	236.46 people/m²		[41st of 204]
Precipitation	933 mm		[36th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	357,030 km²		[62nd of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Zugspitze

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