Jena

Jena
Jena
	Jena Market Square
	Coat of arms
	Location of Jena
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	Coordinates: 50°55′38″N 11°35′10″E / 50.92722°N 11.58611°ECoordinates: 50°55′38″N 11°35′10″E / 50.92722°N 11.58611°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Urban district
Government
• Lord Mayor	Thomas Nitzsche (FDP)
Area
• Total	114.76 km2 (44.31 sq mi)
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)
• Total	110,321
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	07701 – 07751
Dialling codes	03641
Vehicle registration	J
Website	www.jena.de

Jena is a city in the middle of Germany, in the state of Thuringia. About 103,000 people live there. Jena has a university called Friedrich Schiller University.

GeographyEdit

Jena partly lies in the middle hall valley between from mixed woodlands covered shelly limestone and sandstone slopes (geological phenomena are among other things the devil holes and the student chute). On them numerous partially rare Orchideenarten occurs. From north to south Jena is 14.7 km (9.1 mi) wide, and from east to west 12.2 km (7.6 mi). The following larger cities are close to Jena: Gera, approx. 35 km (21.7 mi) east, Erfurt, approx. 40 km (24.9 mi) west, Weimar, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) west, Naumburg (Saale), approx. 33 km (20.5 mi) northeast, is (Saale), to approx. 70 km (43.5 mi) northeast, Leipzig, approx. 75 km (46.6 mi) northeast and Chemnitz, approx. 94 km (58.4 mi) east, Rudolstadt, approx. 30 km (18.6 mi) south.

View over the city center of Jena

The JenTower in Jena

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). January 2018.

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[wikidata-e01b2898f64db40c9073666f5838f842bc376350-v3-1] "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[2] "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). January 2018.

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