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Hanover Hannover (German) | |
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Motto: Suscipere et Finirecode: lat promoted to code: la (Latin) "Support and Finish" | |
Anthem: Heil dir, Hannover | |
Location of Hanover (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the United Kingdom (green) | |
Status | Country |
Capital and largest city | King Frederick City |
Official languages | |
Religion | 53.3% Christianity —38.19% Evangelical Church —14.12% Roman Catholicism —0.63% Evangelical Free Churches —0.42% Orthodox Church 46.6% Not religious 0.03% Judaism |
Demonym(s) |
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Government | Devolved parliamentary legislature within a constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Alexandra |
Anna-Lena Ungerer | |
Ernst Haeberle | |
Parliament of the United Kingdom | |
• Secretary of State | Renee Adams |
• House of Commons | 94 MPs (of 650) |
Legislature | Hanoverian Parliament |
Formation | |
12 October 1814 | |
13 March 1848 | |
20 November 1924 | |
Area | |
• Total | 48,788.67 km2 (18,837.41 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 10,392,352 |
• Density | 213.007/km2 (551.7/sq mi) |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | £391.585 billion |
• Per capita | £37,679 |
HDI (2019) | 0.956 very high |
Currency | Pound sterling (GBP; £) |
Time zone | UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +44 |
Internet TLD | .hv |