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Brandenburg | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Brandenburg in Germany | |
| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Potsdam |
| Government | |
| • Minister President | Dietmar Woidke (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | SPD / Linke |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29,480 km2 (11,380 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,548,200 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | brandenburg.de |
Brandenburg (Low Sorbian: Bramborska, Low German: Brannenborg) is a state (Bundesland) in Germany. It has been a state since 1990. It is 29,480 km² in area. It has about 2.6 million inhabitants.
Until 1945 it was the biggest province in Prussia, with 38,278 km² and 3 million inhabitants. From 1949 to 1952 it was a state in the German Democratic Republic. In 1952 it became divided into three Bezirke (Potsdam, Frankfurt and Cottbus). The capital of Brandenburg is Potsdam.
Berlin is in the middle of Brandenburg. But it is not part of Brandenburg. It is a city state.