Category:North Rhine-Westphalia: Difference between revisions

'''North Rhine-Westphalia''' ([[:Category:German|German]]: ''Nordrhein-Westfalen'') ('''NRW'''), {{Wp|List of ISO 3166 country codes|ISO 3166 code}}: DE-NW, is a {{Wp|Federalism in Germany|federal}} state (''Land'') of the [[:Category:Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]].  Part of the former West Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia is the fourth largest state of Germany by size, the most populous ''and'' most densely populated German state.  Its state capital is [[:Category:Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]], though its largest [[:Category:Cities|city]] is [[:Category:Cologne|Cologne]] (''Köln'').  It shares international borders with the [[:Category:The Netherlands|Netherlands]] and [[:Category:Belgium|Belgium]], and domestic state borders with [[:Category:Lower Saxony|Lower Saxony]], [[:Category:Rhineland-Palatinate|Rhineland-Palatinate]], and [[:Category:Hesse|Hesse]].