TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION Hamburg Metropolitan Metropolitan Hamburg Hamburg Area Area Road Traffic Schools Metropolitan Area Number of motor vehicles Grade schools 236 778 (January 2006) 959 687 2 756 992 Secondary schools 209 559 Grammar schools 72 167 Subways and Interurban Railways in Hamburg Comprehensive schools 44 64 and its Vicinity Special schools 47 157 Students 169 845 480 598 Length of track network in kilometers - 885 Vocational Schools Number of Stops - 281 Number of facilities 175 394 Students 59 366 123 557 Maritime Traffic Universities Number of ships arriving 11 900 16 559 Number of facilities 12 20 Cargo handling Students 69 600 85 711 in millions of tons 125.9 134.4 Incoming 73.2 78.2 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Outgoing 52.7 56. Air Traffic (Hamburg Airport) Metropolitan Hamburg Take offs and landings Area (commercial traffic only) 134 641 - Daycare centers 1 061 2 476 Passengers (in millions) Hospitals 47 114 (exclusing transits) 10.6 - Residential and nursing homes for the elderly 145 645 Ambulant nursing facilities 384 640

CONGRESSES AND TRADE SHOWS (HAMBURG) All figures in this folder apply to the year 2005, unless otherwise stated.

Trade Shows and Exhibitions Published by: Number of events 36 - Bureau of Statistics Exhibitors 10 430 - Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein Visitors 843 300 - Steckelhörn 12, 20457 Hamburg Congresses and Conferences Telephone:+49 40 42831-1766 (Information) Number of Congresses and - Conferences 180 +49431 6895-9280 (Orders) Participants 146 000 - Fax: +4940 42796-4954

Number of culture and other - E-Mail: [email protected] events 133 Web: www.statistik-nord.de Participants 205 000 - Publication date: November 2006

Bureau of Statistics CONSULATES (May 2006) 100 103 Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein HAMBURG METROPOLITAN AREA Gross Domestic Product 2004: 132.5 billion euro Compared to 2003, the gross domestic product of the metro- The Hamburg metropolitan area includes Hamburg and 14 politan region (controlling for price increases) increased by other rural districts. These are north of the river Elbe the 2.2 %. rural districts Duchy of Lauenburg, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Steinburg, Stormarn and Dithmarschen and in the south the Lower-Saxony rural districts Cuxhaven, Harburg, Lüchow- Gross Value Addes in the metropolitan area Dannenberg, Lüneburg, Rotenburg (Wümme), Soltau- Fallingbostel, Stade and Uelzen. The Hamburg metropoli- Industry tan area spans 19 802 square kilometers, where roughly 4.3 million people live. 20.320,3% % Agriculture and Forestry The closer area comprises the city itself and the six directly 1.2 % bounding rural districts. These are Pinneberg, Segeberg, 1,2% Stormarn and Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein 119.8 and Harburg und Stade in Lower-Saxony. This area spans billions of 7304 square kilometers and has 3.1 million inhabitants. euro

CLIMATE (IN HAMBURG) 78.578,5% % Service providers Average Air Temperature: January 1.7°C; April: 8.6°C; July 18.2°C; October: 10.1°C LOCAL ECONOMY Annual mean: 9.6°C Sunshine Duration: 1545 hours per year Metropolitan (34 % of the possible sunshine duration) Hamburg ECONOMIC SECTORS Area Annual Rainfall: 774 mm Working Population Metropolitan (all are average values from 1980 to 2005) Hamburg (at the place of work, in 1 000) Area producing industry 164.8 396.9 Tourism trade, hotel and restaurant Beds1 33 848 113 865 POPULATION industry and transportation 309.5 593.5 Guest 3 450 864 6 312 821 finance, tenancy and business Metropolitan Hamburg service providers 268.4 386.8 Overnight stays 6 435 106 156 291 126 Area public and private service Manufacturing Industry Total population 1 743 627 4 259 670 providers 294.8 591.3 Businesses2 507 1 697 Female 894 160 2 175 382 Unemployment Rate Employees 93 496 205 818 Male 849 467 2 084 288 September 2005 13.1 11.8 Turnover (in 1000 euro) 65 293 897 91 647 906 under 18 years old (%) 15.7 17. 18- up to 60-years old (%) 60.2 57.2 Gross Wages Main Construction Trade 60-years and older (%) 24.1 24.8 and Salaries 2004 Businesses2 98 1 552 total (in million euro) 28 204 48 581 Foreigners 247 912 377 763 Employees 5 686 25 508 per employee (in euro) 30 174 27 207 Share of foreigners (%) 14.2 8.9 Turnover (in 1000 euro) 1 212 238 3 902 533 Moving in 81 726 114 363 Private Household Aviation Moving out 71 602 94 832 Income 2004 Hamburg is one of the largest locations within the airline in- Births 16 179 36 903 Available income (million euros) 40 026 84 109 dustry, further locations are located within the Hamburg Deaths 17 374 43 113 Available income of private metropolitan area, as Stade and Buxtehude. Marriages 6 976 20 475 households (euros per inhabi- 1 with more than 8 beds Divorces 4 994 11 726 tant) 23 054 19 823 2 Businesses within companies that have 20 or more employees