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Gelsenkirchen
City population
270,028
#25
in Germany
#11
in North Rhine-Westphalia
#2,111
worldwide
51.505, 7.097 · 447 km from Berlin
About Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 270,028. It is the 25th largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 2,111th largest worldwide. It lies 447 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#11of 268
Elevation
48 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.505, 7.097
Record updated
2019-09-05
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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