After a close vote, in 1993 the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament, voted to transfer the capital from Bonn in the west to Berlin, a city-state in the east surrounded by the Land of Brandenburg.
Ngemuva kwevoti eliseduze, ngo-1993 iBundestag, indawo engezansi yephalamende laseJalimane, yavota ukuze kususwe inhlokodolobha isuswe eBonn entshonalanga iye eBerlin, okuyidolobha elisempumalanga elizungezwe yiLand of Brandenburg