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Gelsenkirchen (UK: / ˈ ɡ ɛ l z ən k ɪər x ən /, US: / ˌ ɡ ɛ l z ən ˈ k ɪər x ən /, German: [ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ; Westphalian: Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants.
Gelsenkirchen ( UK: /ˈɡɛlzənkɪərxən/, US: /ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪərxən/, German: [ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩]; Westphalian: Gelsenkiärken) is a city in Germany in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is about 63 kilometres (39.1 miles) north of Cologne in the so-called Ruhr Area . About 269,000 people live there.
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Gelsenkirchen, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies just north of Essen. Gelsenkirchen was a village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in 1850, but the opening in 1853 of its first coal mine and its favourable position on the Rhine-Herne Canal stimulated its rapid.
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6 days ago · an industrial city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 272 445 (2003 est) Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Image of. Gelsenkirchen. © Tomasz Mazon, Shutterstock. Gelsenkirchen in American English. (ˌgɛlzənˈkɪʀçən) city in WC Germany, in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia: pop. 295,000.
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Proper noun [ edit] Gelsenkirchen. A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. German [ edit] German Wikipedia has an article on: Gelsenkirchen. Pronunciation [ edit] IPA ( key): /ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪrçən/, [ˌɡɛl.zn̩ˈkɪɐ̯.çn̩], [-zŋ̍-], [-zən-], [-kɪʁ-], [-çən], (locally) [ˌɡel.zŋ̍ˈkiɐ̯.çn̩] Audio. Proper noun [ edit]