Bonn

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Bonn
Coordinates: 50°44′02.37″N 7°5′59.33″E / 50.7339917°N 7.0998139°E / 50.7339917; 7.0998139Coordinates: 50°44′02.37″N 7°5′59.33″E / 50.7339917°N 7.0998139°E / 50.7339917; 7.0998139
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Admin. region	Cologne
Destrict	Urban destrict
Foondit	1st century BC
Govrenment
• Laird Mayor	Ashok Sridharan (CDU)
Area
• Total	141.22 km2 (54.53 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	331,885
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	53111–53229
Diallin codes	0228
Vehicle registration	BN
Website	www.bonn.de

Bonn is ae city in Germany. Locatit in the Cologne/Bonn Region, aboot 25 kilometres sooth o Cologne on the river Rhine in the State o North Rhine-Westphalie, it wis the caipital o Wast Germany frae 1949 til 1990 an the offeecial seat o govrenment o unitit Germany frae 1990 til 1999. Stairtin in 1998, mony naitional govrenment institutions flittit frae Bonn til Berlin. Baith hooses o the German naitional parliament, the Bundestag an the Bundesrat, wis flittit alang wi the Chancellery an the residence o the Preses o Germany.

Bonn remains a centre o politics an admeenistration, housomeibver. Aboot hauf o aw govrenment jobs wur retained as mony govrenment depairtments remained in Bonn an numerous sub-ministerial level govrenment agencies relocatit tae the umwhile caipital frae Berlin an ither pairts o Germany. In recognition o this, the umwhile caipital nou hauds the title o Federal City ("Bundesstadt").

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1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.