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How many federal states (Laender) does Germany have?

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16
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www.bundeswahlleiterin.de, basic law for the federal republic of germany (grundgesetz), preamble and art. 29; german bundestag official site (bundestag.de); britannica "germany" entry — all state germany comprises 16 federal states (laender): baden-wuerttemberg, bavaria, berlin, brandenburg, bremen, hamburg, hesse, lower saxony, mecklenburg-vorpommern, north rhine-westphalia, rhineland-palatinate, saarland, saxony, saxony-anhalt, schleswig-holstein, thuringia., britannica ("germany" article, federal states/laender) and deutschland.de "facts about germany" page, both confirming 16 federal states., britannica, "germany" (britannica.com/place/germany), which states germany is a federal republic composed of 16 states (länder); consistent with germany's basic law (grundgesetz), article 20, listing the federation and its constituent länder., britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany) and the german bundesrat's official site (https://www.bundesrat.de), both stating germany is composed of 16 laender (federal states)., britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany) — states germany is a federal republic of 16 laender (states)., britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), accessed for the fact that the federal republic of germany consists of 16 federal states (laender), britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), and the german bundesrat official site (https://www.bundesrat.de) — both state germany comprises 16 federal states (laender)., britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany); corroborated by the german bundesrat (https://www.bundesrat.de), which represents the 16 laender., britannica, "germany": https://www.britannica.com/place/germany — states germany is a federal republic composed of 16 laender (states)., britannica, 'germany' (britannica.com/place/germany); german bundesrat official site (bundesrat.de) listing all 16 land members, britannica, 'germany' (federal republic composed of 16 states, or laender): https://www.britannica.com/place/germany, britannica, 'germany' (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany) and the german bundesrat (https://www.bundesrat.de), both stating germany comprises 16 federal states (laender)., britannica, 'germany' (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany) and the german federal government's official portal deutschland.de ('facts about germany'), both stating germany comprises 16 federal states (laender): baden-wuerttemberg, bavaria, berlin, brandenburg, bremen, hamburg, hesse, lower saxony, mecklenburg-vorpommern, north rhine-westphalia, rhineland-palatinate, saarland, saxony, saxony-anhalt, schleswig-holstein, and thuringia., britannica, 'germany' — https://www.britannica.com/place/germany (states/administrative divisions section); basic law for the federal republic of germany (grundgesetz), art. 23, which enumerates the 16 länder., bundesrat (federal council of germany) official website, bundesrat.de, 'der bundesrat: laender' page; corroborated by britannica's entry on germany, which states the federal republic of germany comprises 16 states (laender)., bundesrat (germany's federal council) official site, https://www.bundesrat.de, which lists the 16 laender and their bundesrat seat allocations; corroborated by the basic law for the federal republic of germany (grundgesetz), art. 20(1) and art. 23., bundesrat (official german federal government body representing the laender), 'der bundesrat' overview at bundesrat.de, and britannica's 'germany' entry, both stating germany's federal republic consists of 16 bundeslaender since the 1990 reunification (addition of the five 'new' eastern states plus reunified berlin to the 11 pre-existing west german states)., bundesregierung.de (federal government of germany) official information page on the länder, stating germany consists of 16 federal states; corroborated by britannica's entry on germany describing its 16 constituent länder., bundesregierung.de official portal ('bundesländer' / federal states overview) and encyclopaedia britannica 'germany' entry, both stating germany has 16 federal states (bundesländer)., deutscher bundestag official site (bundestag.de, 'die 16 bundeslaender') and britannica's 'germany' entry (states section), both confirming germany comprises 16 federal states (laender) as established under article 20 and article 29 of the basic law (grundgesetz), most recently reflecting german reunification in 1990., deutschland.de, 'facts about germany: information and figures worth knowing': https://www.deutschland.de/en/germany-facts-information-figures-worth-knowing, deutschland.de, federal states of germany: https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/federal-states, deutschland.de, ‘federal states of germany’ (https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/politics/germany-europe/federal-states), stating that the federal republic of germany has 16 länder or federal states., en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (britannica.com/place/germany), and the german bundesrat official site (bundesrat.de), both stating germany comprises 16 federal states (laender)., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (federal republic of 16 states); corroborated by the german federal government's official portal, bundesregierung.de, which enumerates the 16 länder., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (government and society: constitutional framework) — states germany comprises 16 länder; confirmed against the text of the basic law (grundgesetz), article 20(1), which establishes the federal republic as composed of länder, 16 in number since 1990 reunification., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany) - states germany is a federal republic of 16 states (laender), consistent with germany's basic law (grundgesetz) article 20 and the post-1990 reunification structure., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), section on government/local government, states germany is a federal republic of 16 states (laender): the 13 flächenländer plus the 3 city-states of berlin, hamburg, and bremen., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), which states germany comprises 16 federal states (laender)., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), which states germany is a federal republic comprising 16 states (laender)., encyclopaedia britannica, "germany" (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), which states germany is a federal republic of 16 states (laender), encyclopaedia britannica, 'germany' (https://www.britannica.com/place/germany), which states germany comprises 16 states (länder)., encyclopaedia britannica, 'germany' (states/administration section: 16 laender); corroborated by the bundesrat's official list of its 16 member states at bundesrat.de, encyclopaedia britannica, 'germany' (states/administrative divisions section); basic law for the federal republic of germany (grundgesetz), article 1 constitution listing the 16 länder, german bundestag official website (bundestag.de, 'the federal states') and encyclopaedia britannica entry 'germany' (section on land/laender), both stating germany has 16 federal states (laender) since reunification in 1990., german bundestag, competencies of the german federation and the laender: https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/function/legislation/competencies-245700, german bundestag, competencies of the german federation and the länder: https://www.bundestag.de/en/parliament/function/legislation/competencies-245700, german federal government (bundesregierung), 'germany': https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/service/archive/archive/germany-390326, germany's basic law (grundgesetz) preamble/art. 23, cross-checked with encyclopaedia britannica's 'germany' entry, both of which state germany has 16 federal states (laender): baden-wurttemberg, bavaria, berlin, brandenburg, bremen, hamburg, hesse, lower saxony, mecklenburg-vorpommern, north rhine-westphalia, rhineland-palatinate, saarland, saxony, saxony-anhalt, schleswig-holstein, and thuringia., the federal returning officer, elections to the länder parliaments, https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/en/service/landtagswahlen.html, www.britannica.com, www.bundesrat.de, www.bundesregierung.de, www.bundestag.de, www.bundeswahlleiterin.de, www.deutschland.de, www.make-it-in-germany.com

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