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Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen [ˈniːdɐzaksn̩], Low German: Neddersassen) is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by land area, with 47,624 square kilometres (18,388 sq mi), and fourth largest in population (7.9 million) among the sixteen Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas Northern Low Saxon, a dialect of Low German, and Saterland Frisian, a variety of Frisian language, are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.
Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, the state of Bremen forms two enclaves within Lower Saxony, one being the city of Bremen, the other, its seaport city of Bremerhaven. In fact, Lower Saxony borders more neighbours than any other single Bundesland. The state's principal cities include the state capital Hanover, Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Hildesheim, Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg and Göttingen.
Lower Saxony is divided into 37 districts (Landkreise or simply Kreise):
- Ammerland
- Aurich (includes Juist, Norderney and Baltrum)
- County of Bentheim (Grafschaft Bentheim)
- Celle
- Cloppenburg
- Cuxhaven
- Diepholz
- Emsland
- Friesland (includes Wangerooge)
- Gifhorn
- Goslar
- Göttingen ¹
- Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)
- Hanover Region (Hannover) ²
- Harburg
- Heidekreis
- Helmstedt
- Hildesheim
- Holzminden
- Leer (includes Borkum)
- Lüchow-Dannenberg
- Lüneburg
- Nienburg
- Northeim
- Oldenburg
- Osnabrück
- Osterholz
- Peine
- Rotenburg (Wümme)
- Schaumburg
- Stade
- Uelzen
- Vechta
- Verden
- Wesermarsch
- Wittmund (includes Langeoog and Spiekeroog)
- Wolfenbüttel