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Bochum
Baukem (Westphalian) | |
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     Bochum Skyline, German Mining Museum, Zeiss Planetarium Bochum, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum Kammerspiele | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Bochum  | |
  Bochum  Bochum | |
| Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 07°12′57″E / 51.48194°N 7.21583°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Arnsberg |
| District | Urban district |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor (2020–25) | Thomas Eiskirch[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• City | 145.4 km2 (56.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• City | 366,385 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,166,484 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 44701-44894 |
| Dialling codes | 0234, 02327 |
| Vehicle registration | BO, WAT |
| Website | www.bochum.de |
Bochum (/ˈboʊxʊm/ BOHKH-uum, also US: /-əm/ -əm,[3][4][5][6] German: [ˈboːxʊm] ; Westphalian: Baukem) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023),[7] it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the most populous German federal states, and the 16th-largest city in Germany. On the Ruhr Heights (Ruhrhöhen) hill chain, between the rivers Ruhr to the south and Emscher to the north (tributaries of the Rhine), it is the second largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund, and the fourth largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. It lies at the centre of the Ruhr, Germany's largest urban area, in the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, and belongs to the region of Arnsberg. Bochum is the sixth largest and one of the southernmost cities in the Low German dialect area. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Ruhr University Bochum (Ruhr-Universität Bochum), one of the ten largest universities in Germany, and the Bochum University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Bochum).
- ^ Kommunalwahlen 2020. Wahlergebnisse in NRW (in German). Der Landeswahlleiter des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Bochum". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Bochum". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Bochum" (US) and "Bochum". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Bochum". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ Statistik