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Palatinate
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historical region in the south-west of Germany
Key facts
- Total
- 1,400,000
- Demonyms
- Palatine , Pfälzer
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Palatinate (/pəˈlætɪnɪt/; German: Pfalz [pfalts] ; Palatine German: Palz), or the Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz), is a historical region of Germany. The Palatinate occupies most of the southern quarter of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz), covering an area of 5,450 km (2,100 mi) with about 1.4 million inhabitants. Its residents are known as Palatines (Pfälzer).
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palatinate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.