Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
State of Germany
Schwerin Palace, seat of the Landtag, is one of more than 2000 palaces and castles in the state.
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 53°37′N 12°42′E / 53.617°N 12.700°E / 53.617; 12.700
Country	Germany
Capital	Schwerin
Government
• Minister-President	Manuela Schwesig (SPD)
• Governing parties	SPD / Left
• Votes in Bundesrat	3 (of 69)
Area
• City	23,179 km2 (8,949 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[1]
• City	1,599,100
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	DE-MV
Vehicle registration	formerly: MP (1945–1947), SM (1948–1953)[2]
GDP/ Nominal	€ 40 / $45 billion (2015) [3]
GDP per capita	€ 25,000 / $28,000 (2015)
NUTS Region	DE8
Website	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.eu

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern or known by its anglicized name: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (Low German: Mäkelborg-Vörpommern) is one of the 16 States of Germany. The capital is Schwerin.

As of 2016, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had about 1,612,000 people.

It made part of former East Germany.

It is the most northeastern state of Germany. It borders the Baltic Sea in the north, Poland in the east, Brandenburg in the south, Lower Saxony in the southwest and Schleswig-Holstein in the west.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is low-lying and has many rivers, canals and lakes. The Stettin Lagoon lies partly in this state and partly in Poland.

The state hosts the biggest German island called Rügen, and the second biggest German lake called Müritz.

1. ↑ "State population". Portal of the Federal Statistics Office Germany (in German). Archived from the original on 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
2. ↑ With the abolition of states in East Germany in 1952 vehicle registration followed the new Bezirk subdivisions. Since 1991 distinct prefixes are specified for each district.
3. ↑ "Regional GDP per capita in the EU28 in 2013". Retrieved 2015-09-10.