Ruhr Area

The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet or, colloquially, Ruhrpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. Southwest it borders the Bergisches Land. The area, with some 5.3 million people, is considered part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area of more than 12 million people.

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German - Urban area - North Rhine-Westphalia - Germany - Ruhr - Rhine - Lippe - Bergisches Land - Rhine-Ruhr - Metropolitan area

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Going from west to east, the area includes the city boroughs of Duisburg, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Herne, Hamm, Hagen, and Dortmund as well as parts of the more "rural" districts Wesel, Recklinghausen, Unna and Ennepe-Ruhr. These districts have grown into a large complex forming an industrial landscape of unique size, inhabited by some 5.3 million people, the fourth largest urban area in Europe after Moscow, Greater London, and Paris (see also: Istanbul). The Ruhr area is often mistakenly perceived as a single city because many maps do not show the boundaries between the individual cities.

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Duisburg - Oberhausen - Bottrop - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Bochum - Herne - Hamm - Hagen - Dortmund - Wesel - Recklinghausen - Unna - Ennepe-Ruhr - Europe - Moscow - London - Paris - Istanbul

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