Deutschland
Area: 357 031 km
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Population: 82.0 million (rounded)
Capital city: Berlin
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 3 October
EU membership: 23 July 1952 (ECSC, founding member)
Head of State: President Horst Köhler
Head of Government: Angela Merkel
Foreign Minister: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Government: Coalition: Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU, 226 seats), Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, 222 seats)
Parliament: Bicameral: Bundestag, 598 members, elections every 4 years, 5 % threshold, Bundesrat, 69 members
GDP: €2 215 650 million (2004, rounded)
GDP per capita in PPS: €24 300 (2004, rounded)
Economic growth in real terms: + 1.6 % (2004, rounded)
Links:
Head of State: http://www.bundespraesident.de
Head of Government: http://www.bundeskanzler.de
Head of Government: http://www.bundesregierung.de
Parliament: http://www.bundestag.de
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