Bonn
Bonn | |
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Coordinates: 50°44′02.37″N 7°5′59.33″E / 50.7339917°N 7.0998139°ECoordinates: 50°44′02.37″N 7°5′59.33″E / 50.7339917°N 7.0998139°E | |
Kintra | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
Admin. region | Cologne |
Destrict | Urban destrict |
Foondit | 1st century BC |
Govrenment | |
• Laird Mayor | Ashok Sridharan (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 141.22 km2 (54.53 sq mi) |
Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 331,885 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 53111–53229 |
Diallin codes | 0228 |
Vehicle registration | BN |
Website | www.bonn.de |
Bonn is ae city in Germany. Locatit in the Cologne/Bonn Region, aboot 25 kilometres sooth o Cologne on the river Rhine in the State o North Rhine-Westphalie, it wis the caipital o Wast Germany frae 1949 til 1990 an the offeecial seat o govrenment o unitit Germany frae 1990 til 1999. Stairtin in 1998, mony naitional govrenment institutions flittit frae Bonn til Berlin. Baith hooses o the German naitional parliament, the Bundestag an the Bundesrat, wis flittit alang wi the Chancellery an the residence o the Preses o Germany.
Bonn remains a centre o politics an admeenistration, housomeibver. Aboot hauf o aw govrenment jobs wur retained as mony govrenment depairtments remained in Bonn an numerous sub-ministerial level govrenment agencies relocatit tae the umwhile caipital frae Berlin an ither pairts o Germany. In recognition o this, the umwhile caipital nou hauds the title o Federal City ("Bundesstadt").
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Internaitional relations
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
- ↑ "City Twinnings and Project Partnerships". Bonn.de. 23 Juin 2008. Archived frae the original on 10 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ↑ "Opole Official Website - Twin Towns".
(in English and Polish) © 2007-2009 Urząd Miasta Opola. Archived frae the original on 1 Februar 2014. Retrieved 18 Juin 2009.
- ↑ "Twin towns of Minsk". © 2008 The department of protocol and international relations of Minsk City Executive Committee. Archived frae the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ↑ Both City Are Once A Capital City Of There Countries And Have A Rich History Of Art Etc.
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