Bonn
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Summary
Bonn is a big city[1]. Bonn draws 21,315 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #37 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Landschaftsverband Rheinland[3], Q1259498[4], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[5], Climate Alliance[6], Mayors for Peace[7], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[8], International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities[9]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cologne Government Region[10]
- Country: Germany[11]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rhine[12], Melbbach[13]
- Head of government: Guido Déus[14]
- Instance of: major regional center[15], college town[16], city[17], federal city[18], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[19], urban municipality in Germany[20], former national capital[21]
- Shares border with: Rhein-Sieg District[22], Ahrweiler[23], Niederkassel[24], Troisdorf[25], Sankt Augustin[26], Königswinter[27], Bad Honnef[28], Remagen[29], Wachtberg[30], Meckenheim[31], Alfter[32], Bornheim[33]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bad Godesberg[34], Beuel[35], Stadtbezirk Bonn[36], Hardtberg[37]
- Twinned administrative body: Oxford[38], La Paz[39], Opole[40], Tel Aviv[41], Potsdam[42], Bukhara[43], Aveiro[44], Yogyakarta[45], Minsk[46], Belfast[47], Cape Coast[48], Budafok[49], Ramallah[50], Chengdu[51]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Bonn[52]
- Postal code: 53111–53229[53]
- Part of: Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region[54], North Rhine-Westphalia[55]
- Commons category: Bonn[56]
- Licence plate code: BN[57]
- Local dialing code: 0228[58]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv und Stadthistorische Bibliothek Bonn[59]
- Highest point: Paffelsberg[60]
- Coordinate location: 50.735277777777775, 7.102222222222222[61]
- Significant event: Siege of Bonn[62], Siege of Bonn in 1673[63]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bonn include Haribo[64], a confectionery[65], in Germany[66], founded in 1920[67], headquartered in Grafschaft[68]; Cologne Bonn Airport[69], a commercial airport[70], in Germany[71], founded in 1939[72]; Siegburg/Bonn station[73], a railway station[74], in Germany[75]; and Bonn Challenge[76], a challenge[77], founded in 2011[78].
Why It Matters
Bonn has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[79] Bonn is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[80]
Entities named for Bonn include Haribo[64], a confectionery[65], in Germany[66], founded in 1920[67], headquartered in Grafschaft[68]; Cologne Bonn Airport[69], a commercial airport[70], in Germany[71], founded in 1939[72]; Siegburg/Bonn station[73], a railway station[74], in Germany[75]; and Bonn Challenge[76], a challenge[77], founded in 2011[78].