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Erfurt is a City located at 50° 59' 5.16" N, 11° 1' 47.57" E. It is located in the Region Thuringia.

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Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of modern Germany, located 100 kilometres (62 miles) south-west of Leipzig, 150 km (93 miles) north of Nuremberg and 180 km (112 miles) south east of Hanover. It has a population of 204,880.

Together with neighboring cities Weimar and Jena it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants.