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Table of Contents

  1. Languages
  2. Comparison to Canada
  3. Industries and Trading
  4. Learned Information
  5. Reasons for choosing Germany
  6. Test your knowledge
  7. References
  8. Email to author
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Germany's official name is Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany). It is located in the continent of Europe and is a country in Western and Central Europe.
It covers an area of 357,021 km2, and its capital city is Berlin. Germany is also the most populous country of the European Union.

Languages

The national language of Germany is German, but many other languages are spoken as well. For instance, some of the native minority languages are Danish, Sorbian, Romany, and Frisian.
Due to the large number of immigrants and the proximity, Turkish, English, Polish, Danish, Dutch and Italian are spoken in Germany as well.

Comparison to Canada

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Climate

The weather of Germany is very unstable and unpredictable compared to Canada . Canadian winters are really cold and the temperature falls below the freezing point throughout most of Canada. But in Germany it stays warm even in October. The snowfall starts occuring in December, January and February but in Canada it starts from November and ends around March, sometimes delaying till April. The amount of snowfall in Germany depends upon the altitude. Apart from the Alphine regions, the Bevarian Forest receives the most snow. It's colder in the eastern and southern parts of Germany, but in the north and Rhine regions it is warmer still. Canadian summers are hot with temperatures rising above 30 degree celsius. On the other hand, German summers are very unpredictable, it can be sunny and warm, or rainy, windy and cold. Snowshowers and hail are possible too! May is a very beautiful month in Germany as the plant life starts again and the country turns green. The temperatures vary from 22 degrees to 30 degrees celsius. Overall German climate is very unpredictable and unstable.

Population

German population compared to Canada is very high. In the last statistics (year of 2010), the population of Germany was 82,282,988 and the population of Canada was 34,238,000.

Population

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Canada Germany
Birth rate 10.28 births/1,000 population 8.3 births/1,000 population
Death rate 7.98 deaths/1,000 population 10.92 deaths/1,000 population
Net Immigration rate 5.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Total fertility rate 1.58 children born/woman 1.41 children born/woman
Statistics taken in 2011 (est.)

Natural Resources

Canada has a lot of natural resources and it is rich in oil and timber. It also has resources such as fishes, wheat and grains. Canada is the world's largest producer of zinc and uranium and it is a world leader in resources such as gold, nickel, aluminum and lead. Germany on the other hand is the world's largest producer of brown coal. It also has resurces such as nickel, potash, iron ore, copper, salt, and timber. However Germany lacks raw materials, in natural gas and petroleum deposits and in order to get them, it has to import large amounts of them.

Industries and Trading

Germany is known for its major exporting and its stable industries. The main reason for Germany's blooming economy is its automobile industry. It is famous all over the world because of its quality cars as well as its awesome car designs. Germany is the third largest automobile producers in the world with an exporting rate of 65% after Japan and America. Some of the most famous cars are Volkswagen, BMW, and Mecedes-Benz. The three reasons which makes German cars stand out among the rest is: extraordinary quality, innovative technology and functionalism. Their industries also deal with building ships, electronic engineering, electrical engineering, plant machinery, and aircraft manufacturing. Another German industrial region is the Ruhr, which is an area of coal mines and steel mills along the Ruhr river in North Rhine-Westphalia. Germany plays an important role in chemical industry which includes companies like Bayer, BASF, and Hoechst. It exports large amounts of motor vehicles, heave engineering articles, electrical engineering products and several other forms of machinery to different countries around the world.

Germany trades quite a stuff with Canada. Some of it includes machinery, textiles, industrial equipments etc. Canada also uses German MBTs (Main Batlle Tanks) and not to forget, Germany exports their famous cars such as BMW, Volkswagen etc to us. Germany's main exports to Canada includes motor vehicles and spare parts, aircraft, electrical appliances, and pharmaceuticals. Canada on the other hand, exports less to the Germans, but Canadian exports include oil, natural gas, raw materials etc.

Learned Information

Lessons Learned©
  • Largest national economy in Europe, the fourth largest by nominal GDP in the world.
  • Poor in raw materials.
  • World's second largest exporter.
  • Main sources of electricity are power plants and burning lignite.
  • Imports about two thirds of its energy.
  • Leading producer of wind turbines and solar power technology in the world.
  • Among the most popular tourist destinations in every season.
  • National sport is Soccer.
  • Current currency used is Euro, but before Euro, it was Deutsche Mark(DM).
  • 3rd of October is a national holiday known as Unity Day (Tag der deutschen Einheit)
  • The only country where Holocaust Denial is considered a crime.
  • About a third of its landscape is covered with forests, thus containing the largest standing forest in Europe.

Reasons for choosing Germany

The prime reason behind choosing Germany for my webpage assignment was, that we are studying about Germany in our history class (World War 1) and I was very curious about knowing more information related to this splendid country, and I sure did learn a lot of amazing facts about it as you have seen in the above section. I also want to visit Germany once in my life time so I wanted to know all the possible information I could find. And the last reason behind choosing Germany was to increase some knowledge about a new place. And I am happy to say, I did increase a lot of it.

Quiz

Hi, what is your name?

1. Germany is the world's largest producer of?

2. What is Germany's capital city?
Berlin
Bernburg
Berching
Bergheim

3. What is Germany's national language?
Dutch
English
German
Romany

4. National holiday (Unity Day) of Germany is on?

5. Should Canada sign a trading agreement with Germany, like it has with USA?:



           

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