Tempelhof-Schöneberg
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Location of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin
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| Coordinates | 52°28′N 13°23′E / 52.46667°N 13.38333°ECoordinates: 52°28′N 13°23′E / 52.46667°N 13.38333°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough subdivisions | 6 localities |
| Mayor | Angelika Schöttler (SPD) |
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| Area | 53.09 km2 (20.50 sq mi) |
| Population | 335,060 (31 March 2010) |
| - Density | 6,311 /km2 (16,346 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | B |
| Website | Official homepage |
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Tempelhof-Schöneberg is the seventh borough of Berlin, formed in 2001 by merging the former boroughs of Tempelhof and Schöneberg. Situated in the south of the city it shares borders with the boroughs of Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in the north, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and Steglitz-Zehlendorf in the west as well as Neukölln in the east.
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2010, the borough had a population of 335,060, of whom about 105,000 (31%) were of non-German origin. The largest Ethnic minorities were Turks constituting 7% of the population; Poles at 4%; Yugoslavians at 3%; Arabs at 2,5%; Afro-Germans at 1,5% and Russians at 1,3%. [1]
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| Germans without migration background/Ethnic Germans | 69% (230.100) |
| Germans with migration background/Foreigners | 31 % (105.000) |
| - Middle Eastern/Muslim migration background (Turkey, Arab League, Iran etc.) | 10,5% (35.000) |
| - Polish migration background | 4 % (13.000) |
| - former Soviet background (Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan etc.) | 3,0% (10.300) |
| - Yugoslavian migration background | 2,7 % (9.000) |
| - Afro-German/African background | 1,5 % (5.000) |
| - Others ( Greeks, Italians, East Asians etc.) | 9,3 % (32.700) |
[edit] Subdivision
Tempelhof-Schöneberg consists of six localities as from north to south:
[edit] Politics
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At the 2011 elections for the parliament of the borough (Bezirksverordnetenversammlung) the following parties were elected:
- CDU 18
- SPD 16
- Alliance '90/The Greens 15
- Pirate Party 4
- The Left 2
[edit] Twin towns
Ahlen, Germany since 1964
Amstelveen, Netherlands since 1957- Bad Kreuznach, Germany since 1964
London Borough of Barnet, England
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Koszalin, Poland since 1995
Nahariya, Israel since 1970- Paderborn (district) since 1962
- Penzberg, Germany since 1964
- Teltow-Fläming (district), Germany since 1991
- Werra-Meißner-Kreis (district), Germany since 1957
- Wuppertal, Germany since 1964
[edit] Sites of interest
Wikimedia Deutschland has its offices in Tempelhof-Schöneberg.[3]
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[edit] External links
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