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Kiel

Western Europe

Kiel is the capital and most populous city of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of around 250,000, making it Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It lies on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Bay of Kiel at the mouth of the Schwentine River, about 90 kilometers northeast of Hamburg. The Kiel Canal, the world's busiest artificial waterway, connects the Baltic to the North Sea and has a terminus in Kiel's Holtenau district.

Facts
Population
240,832 1
Area (sq km)
118.6 2
Founding Year
1242 2
Elevation (m)
5 2
Latitude
54.323333 degrees north 2
Longitude
10.139444 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
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Source Kiel University (Wikipedia)English Wikipedia, intro text
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Kiel University (German: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany.

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Source Kiel University (Wikipedia)Lead, location
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is a public research university in the city of Kiel, Germany.
Sources
1. Kiel (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox, population
    population = 240832
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Kiel (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 54.323333, longitude 10.139444
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 5 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 118.6 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1242
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3. GeoNames: Kiel - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2891122
    54.32133 10.13489 P PPLA DE 10 00 01002 01002000 252668 7 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 7 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.25, 10.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 54.25, 10.25
54.25 10.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Kiel
Wikidata Q1707, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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