North Rhine-Westphalia
 North Rhine-Westphalia(German State)    | |
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Not to be confused with Rhineland-Palatinate.
North Rhine-Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a German state (Land). With more than 17.9 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest German state by size.
North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent.
Event
| Event | Description |
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| Brussels Forum/2015 | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The 2015 main theme was (R)evolution. |
Groups Headquartered Here
| Group | Start | Description |
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| Bertelsmann | 1835 | |
| Friedrich Ebert Foundation | 1925 | |
| University of Bonn | 1818 | Has a major deep state presence, both with recruitment and academic ties to intelligence services, and other aspects. |
| University of Hagen | 1974 | Primary focused on remote learning |
| University of Münster | 1780 | University located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. |
| University of Siegen | 1972 | Focuses on media research, as well as basic and application-oriented research in the field of sensor technology and nanosciences. |
| WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management | 1984 | One of the most prestigious business schools in the German-speaking world. |
