Duisburg
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Summary
Duisburg is a big city[1]. Duisburg draws 8,747 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #115 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Landschaftsverband Rheinland[3], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[4], Emschergenossenschaft[5], Mayors for Peace[6], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[7], WAGEV[8]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Düsseldorf Government Region[9]
- Country: Germany[10]
- Located in or next to body of water: Ruhr[11], Rhine[12], Alte Emscher[13], Kleine Emscher[14], Rhine–Herne Canal[15]
- Head of government: Sören Link[16]
- Instance of: major regional center[17], college town[18], Hanseatic city[19], urban municipality in Germany[20], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[21]
- Shares border with: Düsseldorf[22], Wesel[23], Oberhausen[24], Mülheim an der Ruhr[25], Rhein-Kreis Neuss[26], Krefeld[27], Meerbusch[28], Mettmann[29], Ratingen[30], Moers[31]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Walsum[32], Hamborn[33], Meiderich/Beeck[34], Homberg/Ruhrort/Baerl[35], Duisburg-Mitte[36], Rheinhausen[37], Duisburg-Süd[38]
- Twinned administrative body: Vilnius[39], Gaziantep[40], Portsmouth[41], Calais[42], Lomé[43], Wuhan[44], Perm[45], San Pedro Sula[46], Fort Lauderdale[47], Kryvyi Rih[48]
- Postal code: 47279[49], 47001[50], 47051[51]
- Child organization or unit: Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe[52]
- Part of: Regionalverband Ruhr[53], Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region[54]
- Commons category: Duisburg[55]
- Licence plate code: DU[56]
- Local dialing code: 02066[57], 02841[58], 02151[59], 0203[60], 02065[61]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Duisburg[62]
- Highest point: Haus Hartenfels[63]
- Official website: https://duisburg.de[64]
- IPA transcription: ˈdyːsbʊʁk[65]
- Topic's main category: Category:Duisburg[66]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Duisburg include University of Duisburg-Essen[67], a public university[68], in Germany[69], founded in 2003[70]; Duisburger Institut für Sprach- und Sozialforschung[71], a research institute[72], in Germany[73], founded in 1987[74]; and Duisburg-Buchholz station[75], a railway station[76], in Germany[77], founded in 1971[78].
Why It Matters
Duisburg has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[79] Duisburg is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[80]
Entities named for Duisburg include University of Duisburg-Essen[67], a public university[68], in Germany[69], founded in 2003[70]; Duisburger Institut für Sprach- und Sozialforschung[71], a research institute[72], in Germany[73], founded in 1987[74]; and Duisburg-Buchholz station[75], a railway station[76], in Germany[77], founded in 1971[78].