Editing Hanover Region (section)

{{For|the "Regierungsbezirk Hannover"|Hanover (region)}}
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{{short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox District DE
| name=Hanover
| state={{wikidata |property | P131}}
| capital={{wikidata |property |linked |P36}}
| area=2290
| Kreisschlüssel=03241
| district_admin    = Steffen Krach
| admin_party       = SPD
| carsign={{wikidata |property |P395}}
| url={{official URL}}
| map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
|image_coa={{wikidata |property |raw |P94}}
|image_flag={{wikidata |property |raw |P41}}
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'''Hanover Region''' ({{langx|de|Region Hannover}}) is a [[districts of Germany|district]] in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of [[Heidekreis]], [[Celle (district)|Celle]], [[Gifhorn (district)|Gifhorn]], [[Peine (district)|Peine]], [[Hildesheim (district)|Hildesheim]], [[Hameln-Pyrmont]], [[Schaumburg]] and [[Nienburg (district)|Nienburg]].

The Hanover Region district has a unique legal status among the districts of Lower Saxony. It includes the city of [[Hanover]] (the state capital) which has the same privileges as a {{lang|de|kreisfreie Stadt}}, a city that is not part of a district. As a consequence, the district is much larger in population than any other district of the state. Its administrative body is the regional parliament ({{langx|de|Regionsparlament|label=none}}), headed by the regional president ({{langx|de|Regionspräsident|label=none}}), which since 2021 is [[Steffen Krach]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]). The members of the regional parliament are elected once every five years and the regional president is elected also every five years in local elections.