What is Hanover?
{{Infobox German location |name = Hanover |German_name = ''Hannover'' ([[German language|German]]) |type = City |image_photo = Neues Rathaus Hannover abends.jpg |imagesize = <!-- Photo size. Default is 250px --> |image_caption = [[New Town Hall (Hanover)|New Town Hall, Hanover]] |image_coa = Coat of arms of Hannover.svg |image_flag = Flagge Hanover.svg |coordinates = {{coord|52|22|N|9|43|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Hannover in H.svg |state = Lower Saxony |district = Hanover Region |elevation = 55 |area = 204.01 |area_metro = <!-- Metropolitan area, in km². XXX.XX (no commas or other text) --> |pop_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=25688&article_id=87673&_psmand=40|title=Themenbereich: Bevölkerung - Tabellen|accessdate=2014-04-03|language=German|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054320/http://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/portal/live.php?navigation_id=25688&article_id=87673&_psmand=40|url-status=dead}}</ref> |pop_metro = 1119032 |postal_code = 30001 - 30669 |area_code = 0511 |licence = H |Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 41 001 |divisions = 13 districts |website = {{url|http://www.hannover.de/}} |mayor = [[Belit Onay]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://taz.de/Onay-gewinnt-Oberbuergermeister-Wahl/!5639934/ |title=Hannover wählt grün |publisher=taz |date=10 November 2019 |accessdate=2023-08-06 |language=German }}</ref> |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |party = Alliance 90/The Greens |ruling_party1 = Greens |ruling_party2 = SPD }} '''Hanover''' ({{lang-de|Hannover}}) is a [[Germany|German]] city. It is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the federal [[States of Germany|state]] of [[Lower Saxony]]. Hanover has 535,932 [[inhabitant]]s (31 December 2021). In '''Hanov