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Province of Prussia
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For the administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Prussia, see Provinces of Prussia.
The Province of Prussia (German: Provinz Preußen; Lithuanian: Prūsijos Provincija; Polish: Prowincja Prusy; Kashubian: Prowincjô Prësë) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1824 to 1878. The province was established in 1824 from the provinces of East Prussia and West Prussia, and was dissolved in 1878 when the merger was reversed.
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Prussia | |||||||||||||
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Province of Prussia | |||||||||||||
1824–1878 | |||||||||||||
![]() Province of Prussia (red), within the Kingdom of Prussia, within the German Empire | |||||||||||||
![]() Map after the division into West and East Prussia (from 1890) | |||||||||||||
Capital | Königsberg | ||||||||||||
Demonym | Prussian | ||||||||||||
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• Coordinates | 54°44′N 20°29′E | ||||||||||||
• 1871 | 62,528 km2 (24,142 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1871 | 3,137,545 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1824 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1878 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Lithuania Poland Russia |
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Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad, Russia) was the provincial capital.