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Hanover (region)

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Country
  
Germany

Disestablished
  
2004-12-31

Capital
  
Hanover

State
  
Lower Saxony

Region seat
  
Hanover

Date dissolved
  
December 31, 2004

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Population
  
2.167 million (30 Sep 2004)

Hanover (German: Hannover) was a Regierungsbezirk of the German state of Lower Saxony from 1946 until 2004. It was located in the south of the state, centered on the Lower Saxon capital of Hanover.

History

There was a similar, equally named administrative unit within the then Prussian Province of Hanover from 1885 until the end of World War II; and before that, a 1823 established Landdrostei within the Kingdom of Hanover.

Kreise (districts) from 2001 until 2004
  1. Diepholz
  2. Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)
  3. Hanover (Hannover)
  4. Hildesheim
  5. Holzminden
  6. Nienburg
  7. Schaumburg

References

Hanover (region) Wikipedia
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