Duisburg
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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 | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf | ||
| District | Urban district | ||
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| • Lord Mayor | Sören Link (SPD) | ||
| • Governing parties | SPD / Greens / Left | ||
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| • City | 232.82 km2 (89.89 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2015-12-31) | |||
| • City | 491,231 | ||
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 11,316,429 (Rhine-Ruhr) | ||
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | ||
| Postal codes | 47001–47279 | ||
| Dialling codes | 0203 | ||
| Vehicle registration | DU | ||
| Website | www.duisburg.de | ||
Duisburg (German pronunciation: [ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k]) is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an independent metropolitan borough within Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf. With the world's biggest inland harbor and its proximity to Düsseldorf Airport, Duisburg has become an important venue for commerce and steel production. In the early Middle Ages it was a royal court of the Franks, first mentioned in writing in 883.
Like many other cities, today's Duisburg is a result of numerous incorporations of surrounding towns and smaller cities. It is the fifteenth-largest city in Germany and the fifth-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia with 486,855 residents at the end of 2013. The city is renowned for its steel industry. The last remaining coal mine closed down in the summer of 2009, but Duisburg had never been a coal-mining center to the same extent as other places in the Ruhr region. All blast furnaces in the Ruhr are now located in Duisburg. In 2000 49% of all hot metal and 34.4% of all pig iron in Germany was produced here. It also has a large brewery, the König Brauerei, located in Duisburg-Beeck, which makes the König Pilsener brand. The University of Duisburg-Essen, with 39,000 students, ranks among the 10 largest German universities.
Duisburg is located in the Lowland Rhine area at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr and near the outskirts of the Bergisches Land. The city spreads along both sides of these rivers.
The following cities border Duisburg (clockwise starting from north-east): Oberhausen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Ratingen, Düsseldorf, Meerbusch, Krefeld, Moers, Rheinberg, and Dinslaken.
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