Hamburg Metropolitan Region
The Hamburg Metropolitan Region ( German: Metropolregion Hamburg ) is a metropolitan area centred around the city of Hamburg in northern Germany , consisting of eight districts ( "Landkreise" ) in the federal state of Lower Saxony , six districts ( "Kreise" ) in the state of Schleswig-Holstein and two districts in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern along with the city-state of Hamburg itself . 
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