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Cologne (region)

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State:	North Rhine-Westphalia
Capital:	Cologne
Area:	7,364.71 km²
Inhabitants:	4,318,758 (2002)
pop. density:	586 inh./km²
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Cologne is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-west of the country. It covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land.

Kreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
Aachen Düren Erftkreis Euskirchen Heinsberg Oberbergischer Kreis Rhein-Sieg Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	Aachen Bonn Cologne Leverkusen

External links Official website (http://www.bezreg-koeln.nrw.de)

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