Bochum
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Bochum is a major regional center[1]. Bochum ranks in the top 7% of major regional center entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,725 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe[3], Regionalverband Ruhr[4], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[5], Climate Alliance[6], Emschergenossenschaft[7], Mayors for Peace[8], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[9]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Arnsberg Government Region[10]
- Country: Germany[11]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ruhr[12], Oelbach[13], Lottenbach[14], Hörsterholzer Bach[15], Knöselsbach[16]
- Head of government: Johann Conrad Jacobi[17], Jörg Lukat[18]
- Instance of: college town[19], big city[20], Hanseatic city[21], urban municipality in Germany[22], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[23]
- Shares border with: Dortmund[24], Recklinghausen[25], Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis[26], Herne[27], Gelsenkirchen[28], Essen[29], Witten[30]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bochum-Mitte[31], Wattenscheid[32]
- Twinned administrative body: Sheffield[33], Oviedo[34], Donetsk[35], Nordhausen[36], Xuzhou[37], Tsukuba[38]
- Postal code: 44701–44894[39]
- Part of: Regionalverband Ruhr[40]
- Commons category: Bochum[41]
- Licence plate code: BO[42]
- Local dialing code: 0234[43], 02327[44]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv – Bochumer Zentrum für Stadtgeschichte[45]
- Coordinate location: 51.483333333333, 7.2166666666667[46]
- Located in/on physical feature: Ruhr Area[47]
- Official website: https://www.bochum.de/[48]
- IPA transcription: ˈboʊ.kəm[49]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bochum[50]
- Commons gallery: Bochum[51]
- Population: 361,734[52], 362,213[53], 373,976[54], 374,737[55], 391,147[56], 396,486[57], 400,757[58], 341,935[59]
Why It Matters
Bochum has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Bochum is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]