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North Rhine-Westphalia and Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia (abbreviated as NRW) is located in the west of Germany and is the heaviest populated of the 16 Federal states, with around 18 million inhabitants. Its capital city is Düsseldorf, although the largest city is Cologne.