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Berlin is the capital of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, it is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in
the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of Rivers Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has about six million residents from
over 180 nations. Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers
and lakes.
First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes, Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1417 - 1701), the Kingdom of
Prussia (1701 - 1918), the German Empire (1871 - 1918), the Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933) and the Third Reich (1933 - 1945). Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World
War II, the city was divided; East Berlin became the capital of East Germany while West Berlin became a de facto West German exclave, surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961 - 1989) and East Germany
territory. Following German reunification in 1990, Berlin was once again designated as the capital of united Germany.