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The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

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Small Business in Europe

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The Federal Republic of Germany covers some 96,000 square miles (249,000 square kilometres). It consists of nine states, one of which is West Berlin, and two cities (Bremen and Hamburg) with provincial status. The capital is at Bonn.

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© 1986 Gunter Kayser and Dieter Ibielski

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Kayser, G., Ibielski, D. (1986). The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). In: Burns, P., Dewhurst, J. (eds) Small Business in Europe. Macmillan Small Business Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18384-5_7

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