Duisburg
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Location o the ceety o Duisburg athin North Rhine-Westphalia
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| Coordinates | 51°26′6″N 6°45′45″E / 51.435°N 6.7625°E | |
| Admeenistration | ||
| Kintra | Germany | |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalie | |
| Admin. region | Düsseldorf | |
| Destrict | Urban destrict | |
| City subdiveesions | 7 boroughs, 46 suburbs | |
| Laird Mayor | Sören Link (SPD) | |
| Govrenin pairties | SPD / Greens | |
| Basic statistics | ||
| Aurie | 232.82 km2 (89.89 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) | |
| Population | 488,005 (31 Dizember 2011)[1] | |
| - Density | 2,096 /km2 (5,429 /sq mi) | |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Licence plate | DU | |
| Postal codes | 47001–47279 | |
| Aurie code | 0203 | |
| Wabsteid | www.duisburg.de | |
Duisburg (German: [ˈdyːsbʊɐ̯k] (
listen)) is a German ceety in the wastren pairt o the Ruhr (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalie. It is an independent 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.
The day's ceety is a result o numerous incorporations o surroondin touns an smawer ceeties. It is the fifteent-lairgest ceety in Germany an the fift-lairgest 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 lairge 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 lairgest German varsities.
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Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns – Sister ceeties [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ Amtliche Bevölkerungszahlen (German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW (31 December 2011).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Cities Twinned with Duisburg. www.duisburg.de. Retrieved on 7 Mey 2009. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District. © 2009 Twins2010.com. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. .[deid airtin]
- ↑ Portsmouth City Council. Twinning. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ↑ Brian Daugherty. Portsmouth Duisburg Anglo-German Friends. Portsmouth-duisburg.tripod.com. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
- ↑ Duisburger Portsmouthfreunde. Portsmouthfreunde.de. Retrieved on 7 Apryle 2011. .
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Offeecial wabsteid (Inglis)
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