Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region

Summary

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region is a metropolitan region in Germany^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of metropolitan_region_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region is located in North Rhine-Westphalia^[3].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region is in the country of Germany^[4].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's instance of is recorded as metropolitan region in Germany^[5].
• Rhine is named after Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region^[6].
• Ruhr is named after Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region^[7].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 187146026^[8].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's GND ID is recorded as 4119982-0^[9].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's locator map image is recorded as Rhein-Ruhr-Region-LEP.png^[10].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2011066239^[11].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's Commons category is recorded as Rhein-Ruhr^[12].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's located in time zone is recorded as Central European Time^[13].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's has part is recorded as Düsseldorf^[14].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's has part is recorded as Ruhr Area^[15].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's has part is recorded as Cologne Bonn Region^[16].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.451774, 'lon': 7.01872}^[17].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02j8yj^[18].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12190000'}^[19].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's FAST ID is recorded as 1885978^[20].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007552234905171^[21].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 495746^[22].
• Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/9aa549d8-bfbb-459e-9475-b61d2593c30e^[23].

Body

Geography

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region is in the country of Germany^[4]. It is located in North Rhine-Westphalia^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's population is recorded as {'amount': '+12190000'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region's instance of is recorded as metropolitan region in Germany^[5].

History and Context

Things named after include Rhine^[6], a main stem^[24], in Switzerland^[25] and Ruhr^[7], a river^[26], in Germany^[27].

Why It Matters

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region ranks in the top 8% of metropolitan_region_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (386 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]