Munich ( MEW-nik; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] (); Bavarian: Minga [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ] ()) is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and thus the largest which does not constitute its own state, as well as the 11th-largest city in the European Union. The city's metropolitan region is home to 6 million people.