Munich(German:München,pronounced[ˈmʏnçən](listen);Austro-Bavarian:Minga)isthecapitalcityofBavaria,Germany.ItislocatedontheRiverIsarnorthoftheBavarianAlps.MunichisthethirdlargestcityinGermany,afterBerlinandHamburg.Thereareapproximately1.35millionpeoplelivingwithincitylimits,whiletheMunichMetropolitanArea(includingtheurbanareasofAugsburg,Ingolstadt,RosenheimandLandshut)ishometoover5millionpeople.
Thecity'smottois"MünchenmagDich"(MunichLovesYou).Before2006,itwas"WeltstadtmitHerz"(Cosmopolitancitywithaheart).Itsnativename,München,isderivedfromtheOldGermanwordMönche,meaning"Monks".Thecity'snamederivesfromthemonksoftheBenedictineorderwhofoundedthecity;hencethemonkdepictedonthecity'scoatofarms.Blackandgold—thecoloursoftheHolyRomanEmpire—havebeenthecity'sofficialcolourssincethetimeofLudwigtheBavarian.
MunichisnottheonlylocationwithinBavariaknownas"München".Threesuchlocationsexist:onethatisknownas"Munich",anotherthatislocatednortheastofthecityofNuremberg,andathird,Hutthurm,thatislocatednorthofPassau.