GERMAN CONSUL GENERAL VISITS SHILLONG

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about North East India through its publication Eastern Panorama. Mr. Rainer during his visit also met Mr. Mukul Sangma Chief Minister, Mr. R.S. Mooshahary Governor of Meghalaya and Mr. W.M.S. Pariat Chief Secretary. Later commenting on his visit, the consul General said, “I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere desire to establish excellent relations between this mission and the Government of Meghalaya and all relevant administrative bodies”.

FACTS ABOUT GERMANY

State: Democratic parliamentary

federal state since 1949

German Unity since 1990

Population: 82 million

Capital: Berlin, population:3.4 million

National flag: Three horizontal stripes in black, red, gold

National coat of arms: Stylized eagle

National Anthem: Third verse of August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben’s “lied der Deutschen” to the tune of Joseph Haydn’s “Kaiserhymne”.

National holiday: October 3, Day of German Unity

Parliament: Germany Bundestag in Berlin; first pan-German elections to the Bundestag on December 2, 1990

Official language: German. Around 100 million people speak German as their mother tongue. German is the most widely-spoken mother-tongue in the European Union.

Time Zone: GMT+1/GMT + 2

Currency: German belongs to the euro area, 1 euro = 100 cents

National dialing code: +49

Internet TLD: .de (one of the ten most frequently used top-level domains)