Hamburg Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion Hamburg (German) | |
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Anthem: Stadt Hamburg an der Elbe Auen [de] | |
Country | Germany |
States | Hamburg Lower Saxony Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Largest Cities | Hamburg, Lübeck |
Area | |
• Metro | 26,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Metro | 5,100,000 |
• Metro density | 192/km2 (500/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Metro | €249.406 billion (2021) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Website | http://www.metropolregion.hamburg.de/ |
The Hamburg Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Hamburg) is a metropolitan region centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany, consisting of eight districts (Landkreise) in the federal state of Lower Saxony, six districts (Kreise) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself. It covers an area of roughly 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) and is home to more than 5.1 million inhabitants.