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Saarland, Land (state) in the southwestern portion of Germany. It is bounded by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to the north and east and by the countries of France to the south and southwest and Luxembourg to the northwest. The capital is Saarbrücken. Area 992 square miles (2,569 square km). Pop. (2006 est.) 1,043,167. The heart of Saarland is an area of thickly forested hills that is crossed from southeast to northwest by the valley of the Saar River. This lowland is framed to the north by the edge of the Hunsrück highland and to the south by the scarps of ...(100 of 1094 words)

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