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Gifhorn

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Also known as Gifhorn (district)

district of Lower Saxony, Germany

Key facts

Country
Germany
State
Lower Saxony
Capital
Gifhorn
District admin
Phillip Raulfs ( SPD )
Total
1,563 km (603 sq mi)
Density
112.6/km (291.5/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Vehicle registration
GF
Website
www.gifhorn.de

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Named after
Gifhorn
Country
Germany
Located in
Lower Saxony
Contains
Giebel
Capital
Gifhorn
Population
175920
Area
1563.00
Elevation
63
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
Official website
landkreis-gifhorn.de
Licence plate code
GF
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Commons category
Landkreis Gifhorn
topic's main category
Category:Gifhorn (district)
inception
1885-00-00
native label
Gifhorn
male population
88035
street address
Schlossplatz 1, 38518 Gifhorn
phone number
+49-5371-820
fax number
+49-5371-82357
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Encyclopedic overview

Gifhorn ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn]) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gifhorn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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