Regierungsbezirk
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A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, intermediate between a federal state (Bundesland) and a district (Kreis) or equivalent city (Kreisfreie Stadt).
The sixteen states are divided into 32 Regierungsbezirke, ranging in population from 5.3 million (Dusseldorf|Düsseldorf) to 500,000 (Trier).