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North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)

LC control no.n 79108403
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingNorth Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
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Geographic subdivision usageGermany--North Rhine-Westphalia
Variant(s)Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)
Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany)
Westfalen, Nordrhein- (Germany)
NW (Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany))
N.W. (Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany))
NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany))
State of North-Rhine-Westphalia (Germany)
Nadrenia-Westfalia (Germany)
See alsoWestphalia (Germany)
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Beginning date1946
Special noteOld catalog heading: North Rhine-Westphalia
Found inIts Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt.
Its Komm. z. Gesetzes- u. Verwaltungsvereinfachung. Gesetzes- und Verwaltungsvereinfachung in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1983: t.p. (Nordrhein-Westfalen) verso t.p. (NW)
Landesumweltamt Nordrhein-Westfalen. Jahresbericht, '94: t.p. (Nordrhein-Westfalen) cover (NRW)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm1; 51°30ʹ00ʺN 007°00ʹ00ʺE)
Wikipedia, Sept. 09, 2014 (North Rhine-Westphalia; is the most populous state of Germany, as well as the fourth largest by area. North Rhine-Westphalia was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly parts of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf; the biggest city is Cologne [Not identical in territory with former Prussian province Westphalia])
GEOnet, viewed March 9, 2015 (North-Rhine-Westphalia [conventional]; State of North-Rhine-Westphalia [conventional]; North-Rhine-Westphalia [short]; Nordrhein-Westfalen [approved]; Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [approved]; ADM1 in Germany, 51°30ʹ00ʺN 007°36ʹ00ʺE
Polonijna kultura fizyczna w Nadrenii-Westfalii w latach 1899-1939, 2015.
Geographic area codee-gx---
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