| Useful Germany Facts |
| Full Country Name |
Federal Republic of Germany |
| Capital City |
Berlin |
| Population |
82.39 million |
| Head of Government |
Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel |
| Coastal Line |
2,389 km |
| Time Zone |
GMT/UTC +1 (Central European Time) |
| Dialing Code |
49 |
| Language |
German |
| Currency |
EURO |
| Climate |
Germany 's climate is temperate. The average temperatures are around 20-30°C in the summer (June/July - August/September) dropping around 0°C in the winter months (November/December - February/March) |
| System of Government |
The Federal Republic of Germany is a democracy with a liberal free-market economy, freedom of religion and freedom of the press. Germany is a member of the European Union (EU). |
| Highest Point |
Zugspitze (2,962 m) - 31% of the country is covered with forests. |
| Geography |
Germany is located in the centre of Europe . It forms a bridge between maritime West of Europe and the continental East, between the warmer South and the cool North. Germany is a triad of mountain ranges, uplands and low-land plains - the Bavarian Alps in the South, the pleasant wooded mountains of the Mittelgebirge in the centre of the country and the low country along the North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts in the North. |
