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Borken
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German district of North Rhine-Westphalia
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Adm region
- Münster
- Capital
- Borken
- District admin
- Kai Zwicker ( CDU )
- Total
- 1,417.83 km (547.43 sq mi)
- Density
- 268.577/km (695.610/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- BOR, AH, BOH
- Website
- http://www.kreis-borken.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Münsterland
- Named after
- Borken
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Münster Government Region
- Capital
- Borken
- Population
- 370676
- Area
- 1420.98
- Elevation
- 65
- Shares border with
- Kleve
- Official website
- www.kreis-borken.de
- Licence plate code
- BOR
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- Commons category
- Kreis Borken
- topic's main category
- Category:Borken (district)
- inception
- 1975-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Kreis Borken
- member of
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Borken (district)
- P6814
- Borken
- female population
- 185481
- topic has template
- Template:Cities and towns in Borken
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Encyclopedic overview
Borken is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Münster region. Neighboring districts are Steinfurt, Coesfeld, Recklinghausen, Wesel, Cleves, Bentheim in the Lower Saxony and the Dutch provinces Gelderland and Overijssel. The two biggest cities are Bocholt and Gronau.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.