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Weser-Ems

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Oldenburg
Area:	14,965.5 km²
Inhabitants:	2,442,210 (2001)
pop. density:	163 inh./km²
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Weser-Ems is the most westerly of the four Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Germany, bordering the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel. It was created it 1978 by merging the former regions Osnabrück, Aurich and Oldenburg.

Kreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
Ammerland Aurich Bentheim Cloppenburg Emsland Friesland Leer Oldenburg Osnabrück Vechta Wesermarsch Wittmund	Delmenhorst[?] Emden Oldenburg Osnabrück Wilhelmshaven

External links Official website (http://www.bezirksregierung-weser-ems.de)

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