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Bonn (German pronunciation: ⓘ) is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. It has a population of over 300,000.
Abbreviation: Baden-Württemberg : BW : Bavaria : BY : Berlin : BE : Brandenburg : BB : Bremen : HB : Hamburg : HH : Hesse : HE : Lower Saxony : NI : Mecklenburg-Vorpommern : MV : North Rhine-Westphalia : NW : Rhineland-Palatinate : RP : Saarland : SL : Saxony : SN : Saxony-Anhalt : ST : Schleswig-Holstein : SH : Thuringia : TH
The planimetrically determined centre of North Rhine-Westphalia is located in the south of Dortmund- Aplerbeck in the Aplerbecker Mark (51° 28' N, 7° 33' Ö). Its westernmost point is situated near Selfkant close to the Dutch border, the easternmost near Höxter on the Weser. The southernmost point lies near Hellenthal in the Eifel region.
en: North Rhine-Westphalia Abbreviation: NW (commonly used: NRW) Time zone: Central European Time (CET); Central European Summer Time (CEST) (UTC+1/+2) Capital City: Düsseldorf Largest city: Cologne (Köln) Other Cities: Aachen, Bochum, Bonn, Dortmund, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Oberhausen. Geography: Location: central western part of Germany
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Apr 26, 2024 · Bonn, city, Köln Regierungsbezirk (administrative district), North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), Germany. The city is located on the Rhine River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Cologne.
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The most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia is uniquely divided into two area associations (Landschaftsverbände), one for the Rhineland, and one for Westphalia-Lippe. This arrangement was meant to ease the friction caused by uniting the two culturally different regions into a single state after World War II.
May 18, 2024 · North Rhine–Westphalia is Germany’s most populous state, and it has many medium-sized and large cities, especially in the Rhine-Ruhr area, which is one of the largest conurbations in Europe. Among them are Aachen , Bochum , Bonn , Cologne , Dortmund , Duisburg , Düsseldorf , Essen , Münster , Solingen , and Wuppertal .
