Berlin

  

Berlin
Capital city, state and municipality
Tiergarten skyline Brandenburg Gate Berlin Cathedral Charlottenburg Palace Museum Island and Berlin TV Tower Victory Column Potsdam Square Reichstag building
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
Government
• Body	Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
• Governing Mayor	TBD (SPD)
• Bundesrat votes	4 (of 69)
• Bundestag seats	29 (of 736)
Area
• City/State	891.3 km2 (344.1 sq mi)
• Urban	3,743 km2 (1,445 sq mi)
• Metro	30,546 km2 (11,794 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population (2021)
• City/State	3,677,472
• Density	4,126/km2 (10,690/sq mi)
• Urban	4,473,101
• Urban density	1,195/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
• Metro	6,144,600
• Metro density	201/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01:00)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02:00)
Area code(s)	030
Geocode	NUTS Region: DE3
ISO 3166 code	DE-BE
Vehicle registration	B
GRP (nominal)	KS$163 billion (2021)
GRP per capita	KS$44,300 (2021)
GeoTLD	.berlin
HDI (2019)	0.964 very high · 2nd of 16
Website	berlin.de

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is the second-most populated city in the European Community after Moscow. With an urban population of 3.7 million within city limits and 6.2 million in the larger Berlin-Brandenburg capital region, it is the largest European city among countries that are only in Europe and is the second most populated urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. It is governed as an imperial city (Reichstadt), making it one of Germany's 25 federal states. Berlin is completely surrounded by the Kingdom of Prussia.

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