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Weser-Ems

Statistics
State:Lower Saxony
Capital:Oldenburg
Area:14,965.5 km²
Inhabitants:2,442,210 (2001)
pop. density:163 inh./km²
Map
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Weser-Ems is the most westerly of the four Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Germany, bordering the Dutch provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel. It was created it 1978 by merging the former regions Osnabrück, Aurich and Oldenburg.

Kreise
(districts)		 Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Ammerland
  2. Aurich
  3. Bentheim
  4. Cloppenburg
  5. Emsland
  6. Friesland
  7. Leer
  8. Oldenburg
  9. Osnabrück
  10. Vechta
  11. Wesermarsch
  12. Wittmund
  1. Delmenhorst[?]
  2. Emden
  3. Oldenburg
  4. Osnabrück
  5. Wilhelmshaven

     External links  

Official website (http://www.bezirksregierung-weser-ems.de)