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 Germany State Bavaria Admin. region Upper Bavaria District Urban district City subdivisions 25 boroughs Lord Mayor Christian Ude (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Greens / Rosa Liste München Basic statistics Area 310.43 km² (119.9 sq mi) Elevation 519 m  (1703 ft) Population  1,351,445  (31/12/2007)[1]  - Density 4,353 /km² (11,275 /sq mi)  - Urban ~2,600,000  - Metro ~6,000,000  Founded 1158 Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate M Postal codes 80331–81929 Area code 089 Website www.muenchen.de Coordinates: 48°8'0?N 11°34'0?E? / ?48.13333, 11.56667 Munich (German: München, pronounced ['m?nç?n] listen (help·info); Austro-Bavarian: Minga[2]) is the capital of the German state of Bavaria. There are, in fact, three locations in Bavaria known as "München" - the one referred to as "Munich", one northeast of Nuremberg, and one north of Passau.[3] Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is Germany's third largest city after Berlin and Hamburg. The city has a population of 1.35 million and the Munich Metropolitan Region is home to around 6 million people.[4] The city's motto was "Die Weltstadt mit Herz" ("The cosmopolitan city with heart") from 1972 to 2005, when it was replaced by "München mag dich" (literally: "Munich likes you", but offical english slogan: "Munich loves you"). Its native name, München, stems from an Old German word predating the word Mönche of today's High German, meaning "Monks". Therefore, the figure on the city's coat-of-arms is a monk, and is referred to as the Münchner Kindl, the "child of Munich". Black and gold - the colors of the Holy Roman Empire - have been the city's official colors since the time of Ludwig the Bavarian.