HAMBURG
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GEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHY
Hamburg, the second-largest city of the Country, is situated in the north of Germany, at the head of the Elbe estuary, around 100 km from the river's North Sea mouth. Hamburg currently has a population of nearly 1 729 000. The density is 2,318 /sq.Km
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INFRASTRUCTURES
The region has well-developed transportation networks, business and technical facilities. Hamburg is connected by four motorways and is the most important railway junction on the route to Northern Europe. Hamburg has two Airports.
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ECONOMY
The most significant economic basis for Hamburg is the harbour, which ranks 2nd in Europe and 9th worldwide with trans-shipments of 9 million standard container units (TEU) and 115 million tons of goods in 2004. International trade is also the reason for the large number of consulates in the city. Although situated 90 kilometres up the Elbe, due to its ability to handle sea ships it is considered a sea harbour. Hamburg is also an important location of the civil aerospace industry worldwide. Airbus, which has one of its two assembly plants in Hamburg, and related companies employ over 30,000 people in or near the city. Other important industries are media businesses (the most important publishing companies, national newspapers and magazines and Internet businesses of Germany). Heavy industry includes the making of steel and aluminium and copper plant. Hamburg has a good number of shipyards. Hamburg is a very wealthy city. Hamburg is the second wealthiest city of the European Union after London.
There are over 100,000 registered with the city's Chamber of Commerce and over 10% of Germany's top 500 companies are located in Hamburg. The city generates 4% of German GDP, and its per capita GDP is €44,500.
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LABOUR MARKET
The employment rate is 53% and the unemployment rate is around 11%. Almost 80% of employed persons work in the services sector. The female unemployment rate is 12%.
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DATA RELATED TO REGIONAL STRUCTURAL FUNDS MECHANISMS
For the period 2000-2006 phasing out region.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Hamburg has many public and private R&D performers (materials technologies, medical technologies, microelectronics, biotechnology, transport and logistics, nanotech, climate and marine research).
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DATA RELATED TO REGIONAL PROGRAMME OF INNOVATIVE ACTIONS
The RPIA in the region is: RIS++ Hamburg. It deals with theme 1 - Regional economies based on knowledge and technological innovation; it is drafted by the regional authority and TuTech Innovation (www.tutech,de) and Hamburg Innovation, with the aid of all Hamburg universities. The programme RIS++ Hamburg aimed at giving impulses for the strengthening and further development of the technology and business location Hamburg in the key technologies life sciences, aviation and aerospace, micro- and optoelectronics as well as nanotechnology.
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