Duisburg
Duisburg (German: [ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k] (
listen)) is a German ceety in the wastren pairt o the Ruhr (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalie. It is a unthirlt metropolitan burgh athin Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf. Wi the warld's biggest inland harbour an its proximity tae Düsseldorf Internaitional Airport, Duisburg haes become an important venue for commerce an steel production.
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| Coordinates: 51°26′6.53″N 6°45′45.69″E / 51.4351472°N 6.7626917°ECoordinates: 51°26′6.53″N 6°45′45.69″E / 51.4351472°N 6.7626917°E | |
| Kintra | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalie |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf |
| Destrict | Urban destrict |
| Subdivisions | 7 boroughs, 46 suburbs |
| Govrenment | |
| • Laird Mayor | Sören Link (SPD) |
| • Governing parties | SPD / Greens |
| Area | |
| • Total | 232.82 km2 (89.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 495,152 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 47001–47279 |
| Diallin codes | 0203 |
| Vehicle registration | DU |
| Website | www.duisburg.de |
The day's ceety is a result o numerous incorporations o surroondin touns an smawer ceeties. It is the fifteent-mucklest ceety in Germany an the fift-mucklest ceety in North Rhine-Westphalie wi 495,668 residents as o 31 December 2007. The ceety is renouned for its steel industry. The last remainin coal mine closed doun in the simmer o 2009, but Duisburg haes niver been a coal-minin centre tae the same extent as ither places in the Ruhr region (German= Ruhrgebiet). Aw blast furnaces in the Ruhr are nou locatit in Duisburg. 49% o aw hot metal an 34.4% o aw pig-iron in Germany is producit here (as o 2000). It haes a muckle brewery an aw, the König Brauerei, locatit in Duisburg-Beeck, which maks the König Pilsener brand. The University o Duisburg-Essen, wi 37,000 students, ranks amang the 10 mucklest German varsities.
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- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 Juin 2022.
- ↑ a b c d e f g "Cities Twinned with Duisburg". www.duisburg.de. Retrieved 7 Mey 2009.
- ↑ a b c d e f "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009. freemit airtin in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Portsmouth City Council. Twinning Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ↑ Brian Daugherty. "Portsmouth Duisburg Anglo-German Friends". Portsmouth-duisburg.tripod.com. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Duisburger Portsmouthfreunde". Portsmouthfreunde.de. Retrieved 7 Apryle 2011.
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