Lower Saxony
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| Capital: | Hanover |
| Area: | 47,618 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 8,002,916 September 30, 2004 |
| pop. density: | 168 inh./km² |
| Website: | niedersachsen.de |
| ISO 3166-2: | DE-NI |
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| Minister-president: | Christian Wulff (CDU) |
| Ruling party: | CDU/FDP |
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Lower Saxony (German: Niedersachsen) is a German Bundesland (state).
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The capital is Hannover (Hanover).
There are 38 districts:
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There are 8 urban districts
- Braunschweig (Brunswick)
- Delmenhorst
- Emden
- Oldenburg
- Osnabrück
- Salzgitter
- Wilhelmshaven
- Wolfsburg
Other important towns are Göttingen, Hildesheim and Goslar.
