Bochum

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Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 372,000, making it the sixth-largest city in the state and the 16th-largest in the country. Located in the Ruhr region between two rivers, it serves as a major urban center in one of Germany's most populous and industrially important areas.

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German place.type: City
German place.image_coa: DEU Bochum COA.svg
German place.image_flag: DEU Bochum Flag.svg
German place.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German place.region: Arnsberg
German place.district: urban
German place.area: 145.4
German place.pop_metro: 5,166,484
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05911000
German place.postal_code: 44701-44894
German place.area_code: 0234, 02327
German place.licence: BO, WAT
German place.website: www.bochum.de
German place.mayor: Jörg Lukat
German place.leader_term: 2025–30
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Lord Mayor
German place.party: SPD
German place.ruling_party1: SPD

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bochum
Demonym: Bochumerinnen
Population: 366385
Area: 145.66
Elevation: 100
Official website: www.bochum.de
Image: Bergbaumuseum Bochum bei Nacht.JPG
Dialing code: 02327
Licence plate code: BO

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postal code: 44701–44894
time of earliest written record: 0890-00-00
Commons category: Bochum
Commons gallery: Bochum
short name: Bm
hashtag: Bochum
P6814: Bochum
IPA transcription: ˈboʊ.kəm
male population: 177829
female population: 186625
P8168: Schleithal
native label: Bochum
number of viewers/listeners: 694687

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Contents

Geography
Geographical position
Geology
Waterways
Vegetation
Climate
Districts
Politics
Mayor
City council
History
Ruhr occupation
The Nazi era and World War II
Post-war period
Places of interest
Architecture
Religious architecture
Parks and gardens
Society and culture
Leisure and entertainment
Bermudadreieck
Annual events
Museums
Art galleries
Public art
Music
Sports
Located companies
Transport
Roads
Railways
Bus, tram, underground
Waterways
Air
Education
Higher education
Elementary and secondary schools
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
Sport
See also
Notes
References
External links

Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state, and the 16th-largest city in Germany. On the Ruhr Heights () 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. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Ruhr University Bochum (), one of the ten largest universities in Germany, and the Bochum University of Applied Sciences ().

==Geography==