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Lage (North Rhine-Westphalia)
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.
Lage is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, approximately 8 kilometers northwest of Detmold. It has an area of 76.02 square kilometers and its population was 36,203 inhabitants as of 2003. North Rhine-Westphalia in terms of population and economic output is the largest federal state of Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants and contributes about 22 percent of Germany's gross domestic product.
It comprises a land area of 34,083 square kilometers. North Rhine-Westphalia is situated in the western part of Germany and shares borders with Belgium and the Netherlands. Its capital city is Dusseldorf and its other major cities are Cologne, Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Bielefeld, Bonn, Bochum, Munster and Wuppertal.
Lage, due its various places of interest is one of the most visited places. It is also said the place of best geographical environment and can trace its origins back to prehistoric times. Today, one can also learn about its history, from its earliest times and gain enthusiasm in its natural beauty and populace.
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