Düsseldorf, Germany
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Düsseldorf skyline with Rheinturm and Neuer Zollhof, inside Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany's busiest and upscale shopping street Königsallee and Stadttor
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Location of Düsseldorf within North Rhine-Westphalia
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| Coordinates: 51°14′N 6°47′E / 51.233°N 6.783°ECoordinates: 51°14′N 6°47′E / 51.233°N 6.783°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf | ||
| District | Urban district | ||
| Government | |||
| • Lord Mayor | Thomas Geisel (SPD) | ||
| • Governing parties | SPD / Greens / FDP | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 217.41 km2 (83.94 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) | ||
| Population (2015-12-31) | |||
| • City | 612,178 | ||
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 1,220,000 | ||
| • Metro | 11,300,000 (Rhine-Ruhr) | ||
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | ||
| Postal codes | 40210-40629 | ||
| Dialling codes | 0211, 0203 (Ortsnetz Duisburg), 02104 (Ortsnetz Mettmann) | ||
| Vehicle registration | D | ||
| Website | www.Duesseldorf.de | ||
| Ten largest groups of foreign residents | |
| Nationality | Population (2014) |
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 Turkey
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13,527 |
 Greece
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9,940 |
 Poland
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8,516 |
 Italy
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6,915 |
 Serbia
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6,657 |
 Japan
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5,279 |
 Morocco
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4,595 |
 Russia
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4,133 |
 Republic of Macedonia
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3,678 |
 Spain
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3,573 |
Düsseldorf (German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔɐ̯f], Low Franconian, Ripuarian: Düsseldörp [ˈdʏsl̩dœɐ̯p]) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany. Düsseldorf is an international business and financial centre, renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies. Messe Düsseldorf organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows.
Düsseldorf is known for its academy of fine arts (Joseph Beuys, Emanuel Leutze, August Macke, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Andreas Gursky), its pioneering influence on electronic/experimental music (Kraftwerk) and its Japanese community. On the river Rhine, Düsseldorf holds Rhenish Carnival celebrations every year in February / March.Mercer's 2012 Quality of Living survey ranked Düsseldorf the sixth most livable city in the world.
When the Roman Empire was strengthening its position throughout Europe, a few Germanic tribes clung on in marshy territory off the eastern banks of the Rhine River.
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