Witten

Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

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Witten is a city in western Germany with nearly 100,000 residents, located in the Ennepe-Ruhr district of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a significant urban center in the region.

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German location.image_photo: Rathaus-Witten-IMG 3580.jpg
German location.imagesize: 250px
German location.image_caption: Town hall in Witten
German location.type: Stadt
German location.name: Witten
German location.image_flag: Flagge Witten.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Witten COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Witten in EN.svg
German location.state: Nordrhein-Westfalen
German location.region: Arnsberg
German location.district: Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
German location.elevation: 104
German location.area: 72.4
German location.postal_code: 58452 - 58456
German location.area_code: 02302, 02324 (Buchholz)
German location.licence: EN, WIT
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 9 54 036
German location.divisions: 7 districts

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Country: Germany
Located in: Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Population: 95724
Area: 72.4
Elevation: 104
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Ruhr
Shares border with: Wetter
Official website: www.witten.de
Image: Witten 20090218.jpg
Dialing code: 02302

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postal code: 58456
topic's main category: Category:Witten
Commons category: Witten
Commons gallery: Witten
twinned administrative body: Mekele
located in/on physical feature: Ruhr Area
category for people born here: Category:Births in Witten
category of associated people: Category:People from Witten
web feed URL: www.witten.de/index.php?id=173&type=9818
hashtag: Witten
short name: Wit
office held by head of government: mayor
P6814: Witten
webcam page URL: geoportal.stadt-witten.de/RathausWebcam/webcam.jpg
IPA transcription: vɪtn̩
P8168: Maizières-lès-Metz
social media followers: 68
P12749: Carlos Vela

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Geography
Bordering municipalities
Boroughs
Population 1739–2020
History
Politics
Mayor
City council
State Landtag
Federal parliament
Transport
Coat of arms
Culture
Twin towns – sister cities
Religions
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Muslims
Jews
Notable people
References

Witten () is a city with almost 100,000 inhabitants in the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis (district) in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.

==Geography== Witten is situated in the Ruhr valley, in the southern Ruhr area.

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