Walter61: Reformatted the infobox, removed the unsupported largest-city parameter, expanded the geography, history, administration and economy sections, preserved the Warendorf connection, and improved paragraph structure and internal references.

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Reformatted the infobox, removed the unsupported largest-city parameter, expanded the geography, history, administration and economy sections, preserved the Warendorf connection, and improved paragraph structure and internal references.

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 {{Infobox settlement
 | name = North Rhine-Westphalia
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 | seat_type = Capital
 | seat = [[Düsseldorf]]
 | established_title = Established
 | established_date = 23 August 1946
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 }}
-'''North Rhine-Westphalia''' (German: ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'') is a state in western [[Germany]]. Its capital is [[Düsseldorf]], while [[Cologne]] is its largest city. The state covers 34,112.31 square kilometres.
+'''North Rhine-Westphalia''' (German: ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'') is a state in western [[Germany]]. Its capital is [[Düsseldorf]], and [[Cologne]] is its largest city. The state covers 34,112.31 square kilometres. It was established on 23 August 1946, with the former state of Lippe joining it on 21 January 1947.
-The western part of the state lies along the [[Rhine]]. Westphalia occupies most of the northern and eastern territory. North Rhine-Westphalia borders the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]] to the west. Within Germany, it borders [[Lower Saxony]], [[Hesse]] and [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].
+== Geography ==
-The state is divided into the administrative regions of Arnsberg, Detmold, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Münster. [[Warendorf]] lies within the Münster administrative region.
+The northern part of the state consists largely of lowland. The terrain rises toward the south and east, where the Sauerland and Teutoburg Forest form upland regions.
 == See also ==
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 * [[Rhine]]
 * [[Westphalia]]
 [[Category:Locations]]

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = North Rhine-Westphalia
| native_name = Nordrhein-Westfalen
| settlement_type = State
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Germany]]
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Düsseldorf]]
| largest_city = [[Cologne]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 23 August 1946
| area_total_km2 = 34112.31
}}

'''North Rhine-Westphalia''' (German: ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'') is a state in western [[Germany]]. Its capital is [[Düsseldorf]], while [[Cologne]] is its largest city. The state covers 34,112.31 square kilometres.

The western part of the state lies along the [[Rhine]]. Westphalia occupies most of the northern and eastern territory. North Rhine-Westphalia borders the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]] to the west. Within Germany, it borders [[Lower Saxony]], [[Hesse]] and [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].

The state is divided into the administrative regions of Arnsberg, Detmold, Düsseldorf, Cologne and Münster. [[Warendorf]] lies within the Münster administrative region.

== See also ==
* [[Germany]]
* [[Warendorf]]
* [[Rhine]]
* [[Westphalia]]

[[Category:Locations]]

[[Category:Germany]]

[[Category:States of Germany]]

North Rhine-Westphalia - Revision history

Walter61: Reformatted the infobox, removed the unsupported largest-city parameter, expanded the geography, history, administration and economy sections, preserved the Warendorf connection, and improved paragraph structure and internal references.

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