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Wuppertal
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East. The North Sea and the Baltic Sea represent additional National Borders in the North. The official language of Germany is German and Berlin is the capital.
The climate is quite pleasant with almost all variety of seasonal flavors as temperate, marine, cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, occasional warm, tropical foehn wind and high relative humidity. Germany is divided into 16 states which are further subdivided into 439 districts and cities. Germany is one of the largest European economy and the third largest economy in the world in real terms, placed behind the United States and Japan, and fifth behind the United States, China, India and Japan counted by purchasing power parity.
Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Wupper River south of the Ruhr area. The population of the city as of 2005 is 361333. It is a major industrial centre including industries such as textiles, metallurgy, chemicals, medicine, electric, rubber, vehicles and printing equipment. One of the most famous pain-killers, Aspirin, was invented in Wuppertal. The city was formed in 1929 by merging Barmen, Elberfeld, Vohwinkel, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg, Langerfeld and Beyenburg. The name was initially Barmen-Elberfeld and after 1930 Wuppertal. One of the city's greatest attractions is the suspended monorail, which was established in 1901. The tracks are 8 meters above the streets and 12 meters above the Wupper River.
Presently, Wuppertal experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of Germany. Wuppertal, justifiably so, enjoys a very positive reputation with worldwide travelers, and is one of the most visited place.
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