Wuppertal

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Wuppertal is a city in Germany known for its distinctive Schwebebahn, a suspended overhead tram system that runs above the River Wupper. The city is home to cultural institutions like its concert hall and university, and represents an important center of urban transportation innovation and cultural life.

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Key facts

German location.type: City
German location.image_flag: Flagge Wuppertal.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Wuppertal COA.svg
German location.image_plan: North rhine w W.svg
German location.plantext: Wuppertal within North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German location.region: Düsseldorf
German location.district: urban
German location.elevation: 100-350
German location.area: 168.41
German location.pop_urban: 608000 (Bergisches Dreieck)
German location.pop_metro: 11300000 (Rhein-Ruhr)
German location.postal_code: 42001-42399
German location.area_code: 0202
German location.licence: W
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05 1 24 000
German location.website: wuppertal.de
German location.mayor: Miriam Scherff

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Wupper
Official name: Wuppertal
Country: Germany
Located in: Düsseldorf Government Region
Contains: Ronsdorf
Population: 358938
Area: 168.39
Elevation: 157
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Wupper
Shares border with: Mettmann
Official website: www.wuppertal.de
Image: Wuppertal ansicht.jpg
Dialing code: 02058
Licence plate code: W
Patron saint: Lawrence of Rome

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postal code: 42001–42399
twinned administrative body: Xinxiang
Commons category: Wuppertal
topic's main category: Category:Wuppertal
category for people born here: Category:Births in Wuppertal
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Wuppertal
category of associated people: Category:People from Wuppertal
Commons gallery: Wuppertal
short name: Wup
hashtag: Wuppertal
member of: Landschaftsverband Rheinland
inception: 1929-00-00
P6814: Wuppertal
native label: Wuppertal
female population: 180813
male population: 174191
P8168: Gunnerales
P11012: Gasunie Building
P12749: Shahriar Afshar

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections

Contents

History
Population
Main sights
Wuppertal in the arts
Sports
Association football
Team handball
Volleyball
Basketball
Roller hockey
Education
Politics
Mayor
City council
Transport
Railways
Air
Twin towns – sister cities
Sister suspension railway
Notable people
Gallery
See also
Notes and references
External links

Wuppertal (; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, with a population of 355,000. Wuppertal is the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and 17th-largest in Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of Elberfeld, Barmen, Ronsdorf, Cronenberg and Vohwinkel, and was initially called "Barmen-Elberfeld" before adopting its present name in 1930. It is the capital and largest city of the Bergisches Land.

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