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Witten

Western Europe

Witten is a city of almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

Facts
Population
91,474 1
Area (sq km)
72.37 1
Founding Year
1214 2
Founding Year
1214 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
104 1
Latitude
51.433333 degrees north 1
Longitude
7.333333 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Witten (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 91,474 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.433333, longitude 7.333333
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 104 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 72.37 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 91474 (2025)
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2. Witten (Wikipedia)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1214
    Witten was first mentioned in historic sources in 1214, however the borough Herbede (which was incorporated into the city in 1975) dates back to 851.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1214
    Witten was first mentioned in historic sources in 1214, however the borough Herbede (which was incorporated into the city in 1975) dates back to 851.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1214
    Witten was first mentioned in historic sources in 1214, however the borough Herbede (which was incorporated into the city in 1975) dates back to 851.
  • 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
    the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany
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3. GeoNames: Witten - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2807363
    51.44362 7.35258 P PPL DE 07 059 05954 05954036 91808 119 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 119 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 51.25, 7.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 7.25
51.25 7.25 Cfb
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