Duisburg is a major city in western Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with around half a million inhabitants, one of the largest cities in the Ruhr area and part of the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, one of the biggest population centers in Europe. It sits at the confluence of the Ruhr and the Rhine, a position that has historically made it an important center of trade, industry, and transportation, and it is administratively an independent city.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude51.432222 degrees north 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Duisburg (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 500,810 (2025)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.432222, longitude 6.761111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 33 m
P2046 (area)
area 232.8 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 500810 (2025)
View the Source2. Wikidata: Duisburg
- Wikidata Q2100, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q2100 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P1249 value year 883
View the SourceDuisburg (Wikipedia)
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
[ˈdyːsbʊʁk] ; Low German: Duisborg [ˈdʏsbɔɐ̯χ]) is a major city in western Germany
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