Berlin
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Berlin is the capital and largest city of
Germany by both area and population.
Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the
European Union's most populous city,
according to population within city limits.
one of Germany's sixteen constituent
states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of
Brandenburg and contiguous with potsdam,
Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area,
which has a population of around 4.5 million,
is the second most populous urban area
in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-
Brandenburg capital region has around
6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's
third-largest metropolitan region after the
Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. There
has been an unsuccessful attempt to unify
both states in 1996 and the states cooperate
on many matters to this day.
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