Hamburg

Hamburg is situated on the southern tip of Jutland Peninsula, geographically centred (a) between Continental Europe and Scandinavia and (b) between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The city of Hamburg lies at the junction of the river Elbe with the rivers Alster and Bille. Hamburg is a City State and one of the sixteen Federal States of Germany, It is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in Europe, no. 9 in the world-ranking of ports and the largest city in the European Union which is not a national capital. The state and administrative city cover 755 km² with 1.75 million inhabitants. There are 2316 inhabitants living in Hamburg per km².

Maps of Hamburg

The population of Hamburg is 1,77,0629 (2008), of which 904,770 is female and 865,859 is male, total population up 0.94 per cent over a year earlier. In 2006, the birth rate was 9.2 per 1000, lower than that of 9.3 per 1000 in 2005. The death rate is decrease from 10 per 1000 in 2005 to 9.8 per 1000 in 2006.  In 2008, 12.73 percent of the population under the age of 15, fell from 12.82 per cent over a previous year. The proportion of people aged 65 and over was 18.64, rose from 18.56 in 2007. Correspondingly, the working age (aged 15-64) of the population rose from 68.61 to 68.63 over the same period. The Sex ratio of total population is 0.956 male(s)/female.

Hamburg is the  8th largest by nominal GDP and GDP (PPP) in the Germany. Its nominal GDP per capita is €48600, it is ranked as the largest economy by nominal GDP per capita in Germany, its GDP purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita is €47200,  ranked 1st among the Germany. Total GDP of Hamburg is €85 billion, of which service sector contributes around 82.2%, industry 17.61%, and agriculture 0.19%. Its real annual growth rate is 2.9 in 2006, rose from 1.5 over a previous year. Its income of household was 27,710 Euros per inhabitant in 2006. The unemployment rate has recently decreased from 10.6% in 2004 to 8.9% in 2007.

Hamburg is connected by four motorways and is the most important railway junction on the route to Northern Europe, in 2008 there were 201 km of roadways in Hamburg, including 81 km of motorways. In 2007, about 0.84 million passenger cars (equal to 513 cars per 1,000 people) and 0.90 million road good vehicles circulated on the national road network. The state railway network, in 2008 totalled 486 km of which 240 km is electrified. The state inland waterways network comprised 53 km of navigable rivers and channells. In 2006 there were 2 airports, carries 11.87 million passengers, up 12.30 per cent over a year earlier.

Hamburg was generally not considered to be a tourist magnet, not even by locals. Nevertheless, tourism plays a significant role in the city's economy, With around 3.90 million tourists arrivals in 2008. In 2007, 0.35 millions pupils and students, 20% of the total population, are in the education system. Of which, percentage of enrollment student are in, 13% pre-primary, 18% primary, 27%  lower secondary, 18% higher secondary, 3% post secondary and 21% tertiary.