List of places in Rhineland-Palatinate

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This is a list of geographical features in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Cities

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Rhineland-Palatinate State in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate is a western state of Germany. It covers 19,846 km2 (7,663 sq mi) and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern and Worms. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium.

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Zellertal Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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