What is Lower Saxony?
{{Infobox German state | Name = Lower Saxony | German_name = Niedersachsen | map = Germany Laender Niedersachsen.png | map_size = 200 | map_text = | flag = Flag of Lower Saxony.svg | state_coa = Coat of arms of Lower Saxony.svg | capital = Hanover | area = 47168 | population = 8002916 | pop_date = | Website = niedersachsen.de | leader_party = SPD | ruling_party1 = [[SPD]] | ruling_party2 = [[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] | leader_title = [[Minister President]] | leader = [[Stephan Weil]] |latd=52.59|longd=9.14 }} '''Lower Saxony''' ({{lang-de|Niedersachsen}} {{IPA-de|ˈniːdɐzaksn̩<!--not a typo: ''ch'' is pronounced [k] before an ''s''-->||De-Niedersachsen2.ogg}}; {{lang-nds|Neddersassen}}; [[Saterland Frisian language|Saterland Frisian]]: ''Läichsaksen'') is a [[Germany|German]] [[States of Germany|Bundesland]] ([[state]]). == Places == The [[Capital (city)|capital]] is Hannover ([[Hanover]]). There are 38 [[district]]s: {| |- valign=top | colspan=3|[[File:Landkreise Niedersachsen-en.svg|470px|Map of Lower Saxony with the district boundaries]] |- valign=top | width=33%| # [[Ammerland]] # [[Aurich (district)|Aurich]] # [[Celle (district)|Celle]] # [[Cloppenburg (district)|Cloppenburg]] # [[County of Bentheim (district)|County of Bentheim]] (''Grafschaft Bentheim'') # [[Cuxhaven (district)|Cuxhaven]] # [[Diepholz (district)|Diepholz]] # [[Emsland]] # [[Friesland (district)|Friesland]] # [[Gifhorn (district)|Gifhorn]] # [[Goslar (district)|Goslar]] # [[Göttingen (district)|Göttingen]] # [[Hamelin-Pyrmont]] (''Hameln-Pyrmont'') | width=33%| <ol start=14> <li> [[Hanover (district)|Hanover]] (''Hannover'') <li> [[Harburg (district)|Harburg]] <li> [[Helmstedt (district)|Helmstedt]] <li> [[Hildesheim (district)|Hildesheim]] <li> [[Holzminden (district)|Holzminden]] <li> [[Leer (district)|Leer]] <li> [[Lüchow-Dannenberg]] <li> [[Lüneburg (district)|Lüneburg]] <li> [[Nienburg (district)|Nienburg]] <li> [[Northeim (district)|Northeim]] <li> [[Oldenburg (district)|Oldenburg]] <li> [[Osnabrück (district)|Osnabrück]]