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| official_name = Copenhagen<br />
| native_name = {{lang|da|København}}<br />
| image_skyline =Copenhagen Collage2.jpg<br />
| imagesize =280px<br />
| image_caption = From upper left: [[Christiansborg Palace]], [[Frederik's Church]], [[Tivoli Gardens]] and [[Nyhavn]]<br />
| image_blank_emblem = Coat of arms of Copenhagen.svg<br />
| blank_emblem_type = Lesser coat of arms<br />
| blank_emblem_size = 100px<br />
| blank_emblem_link = Coat of arms of Copenhagen<br />
| pushpin_map=Denmark<br />
| pushpin_relief = 1<br />
| subdivision_type = [[Lists of countries|Country]]<br />
| subdivision_name = [[Denmark]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Capital Region of Denmark|Capital (''Hovedstaden'')]]<br />
| total_type = [[Copenhagen Municipality|Municipal]]<br />
| area_urban_km2 = 606.5<br />
| area_total_km2 = 86.39<br />
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=ARE207: Area by region|url=http://www.statbank.dk/ARE207|website=Statbank.dk|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=16 April 2016|date=January 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304181436/http://statbank.dk/are207|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistikbanken.dk/statbank5a/default.asp?w=768|title=Statistics Denmark: Copenhagen City/Urban Area (Københavns Kommune, Hovedstadsområdet), 2012 (tables: FOLK1, BEF44) |publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=31 May 2012}}</ref> <br />
| population_total = 613,288 ([[Copenhagen Municipality|details]])<br />
| population_urban = 1,308,893 ([[Copenhagen urban area|details]])<br />
| population_as_of = January 2018<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto <br />
| population_demonym = [[wikt:Copenhagener|Copenhagener]]<br />
<ref name="pop1">{{cite web|title=Population at the first day of the quarter by urban areas, age and sex|url=http://www.statbank.dk/BY1|website=statbank.dk|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=18 April 2016|date=1 January 2016}}</ref><br />
|blank_name = [[GDP (nominal)]]<br />
[[Capital Region of Denmark]]<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7962764/1-30032017-AP-EN.pdf/4e9c09e5-c743-41a5-afc8-eb4aa89913f6</ref><br />
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]<br />
| utc_offset = +1<br />
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]<br />
| utc_offset_DST = +2<br />
| elevation_min_m = 1<br />
| elevation_max_m = 91<br />
| area_code = (+45) 3<br />
| postal_code_type = Postal code<br />
| postal_code = 1050–1778, 2100, 2150, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2450, 2500<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|55|40|34|N|12|34|06|E|type:city(1800000)_scale:5000000_region:DK|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.kk.dk}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Copenhagen''' is the [[Capital (city)|capital city]] of [[Denmark]]. It is also the largest [[city]] in Denmark. In 2014, 1,246,611 people lived in the [[urban area]]. Copenhagen is on the [[island]] of [[Zealand]] and the smaller island named [[Amager]].<br />
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Founded as a [[Viking]] fishing village. Copenhagen was built in the 12th century A.D. and got [[City rights]] in 1254. A few years later, it was destroyed nearly completely. In 1443, Copenhagen became the capital of [[Denmark]]. In 1801, there were more than 100,000 [[inhabitant]]s in Copenhagen for the first time. In the 1960s, more than 700,000 people lived in [[Copenhagen Municipality]], and today there are 528,000 inhabitants in the [[Copenhagen Municipality|municipality]]. Near the city centre there is the famous [[Freetown Christiania]].<br />
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==Districts==<br />
Copenhagen is divided into 10 districts. The districts are:<br />
*[[Indre By]]<br />
*[[Christianshavn]]<br />
*[[Vesterbro]]<br />
*[[Nørrebro]]<br />
*[[Østerbro]]<br />
*[[Frederiksberg]]<br />
*[[Amagerbro]]<br />
*[[Hellerup]]<br />
*[[Kastrup]]<br />
*[[Bispebjerg]]<br />
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==Famous people==<br />
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* [[Søren Kierkegaard]] (d. 1855), philosopher<br />
* [[Niels Bohr]] (d. 1962), physicist<br />
*[[Ejnar Hertzsprung]] (d. 1967), chemist, astronomer <br />
* [[Victor Borge]] (d. 2000), entertainer<br />
*[[Carl-Henning Pedersen]] (d. 2007), painter<br />
* [[Jørn Utzon]] (d. 2008), architect<br />
*[[Klaus Rifbjerg]] (d. 2015), writer<br />
*[[Anker Jørgensen]] (d. 2016), [[prime minister]]<br />
* [[Kim Larsen]] (d. 2018), singer, guitarist, songwriter<br />
* [[Michael Laudrup]], coach, [[footballer]]<br />
* [[Peter Schmeichel]], footballer<br />
* [[Lars von Trier]], movie director<br />
* [[Lars Ulrich]], musician<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.copenhagenet.dk/ Copenhagen Portal - Tourist & Visitors Guide to Copenhagen] <br />
* [http://goingtocopenhagen.com/ Insider Travel Tips and Tourist Guides to Copenhagen] <br />
* [http://www.visitcopenhagen.dk VisitCopenhagen.dk - Wonderful Copenhagen]<br />
* [http://www.copenhagenforpartiers.com/ Copenhagen for Partiers - Tourist Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302200736/http://www.copenhagenforpartiers.com/ |date=2007-03-02 }}<br />
* [http://wiki.worldflicks.org/copenhagen.html WorldFlicks in Copenhagen: Photos and interesting places on Google Maps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218003139/http://wiki.worldflicks.org/copenhagen.html |date=2008-02-18 }}<br />
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