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Hanover

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Hanover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony, with a population of about 536,000 in 2021, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Germany and the fourth-largest in the country's north. Once the seat of the House of Hanover, whose members also ruled Britain as its kings for over a century, the city today is a major trade fair and exhibition center, home to the world's largest industrial trade fair, alongside extensive gardens laid out in the Baroque era.

Facts
Population
535,932 1
Area (sq km)
204.01 1
Founding Year
1241 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
55 1
Latitude
52.366667 degrees north 1
Longitude
9.716667 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 2
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Dartmouth College ( DART-məth) is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.
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1. Hanover (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    204.01
  • Infobox, elevation
    elevation = 55
  • History section, Early history
    in 1241 because of its position at a natural crossroads.
  • Infobox, coordinates
    coordinates = 52°22′N 9°43′E
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Hannover - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2910831
    52.37052 9.73322 P PPLA DE 06 00 03241 03241001 515140 57 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 57 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 9.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 9.75
52.25 9.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Hanover
Wikidata Q1715, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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