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[[Germany]]'s second largest city with a population of 2,000,000, '''Hamburg''' (officially: the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg) is a major port on the ''[[River Elbe]]'' in the north of Germany, the second largest [[harbor]] in [[Europe]] and ninth largest worldwide.
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The city's origins date to the establishment of a fort by [[Charlemagne]] in AD 808. Much of the historic city center was destroyed in raids by the allied air forces in July and August 1943, which unleashed a firestorm during which some 50,000 people perished.
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As well as a major transport hub, Hamburg is a center of aircraft production, [[shipbuilding]], the steel, copper and aluminum industries, and publishing. One of the main Airbus factories is located near Hamburg.
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Hamburg is also famous for its night-life, the Reeperbahn being the pivotal street in the ''Kiez'' district, where popular beat combo [[The Beatles]] cut their teeth.
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The current mayor, ''Erster Bürgermeister'' Olaf Scholz, is a [[SPD|Social Democrat]].
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Hamburg is the point of import of all Germany's bananas.
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Hamburg is the city with the largest number of [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] immigrants in Europe: more than 20,000. Thus, it has seen cases of the barbaric practice of [[honor killing]]. In 2008, a 16-year-old Afghan girl was stabbed 20 times by her 23-year-old brother because "she had become too comfortable with Western life with her uncovered hair, makeup and short skirts."<ref>FOX News: [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358661,00.html Afghan Girl's 'Honor Killing' Sparks Debate in Germany] (May 27, 2008)</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:German Cities and Towns]]
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[[Category:German History]]
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