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Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state, and the 16th-largest city in Germany. On the Ruhr Heights () hill chain, between the rivers Ruhr to the south and Emscher to the north (tributaries of the Rhine), it is the second largest city of Westphalia after Dortmund, and the fourth largest city of the Ruhr after Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. It lies at the centre of the Ruhr, Germany's larg

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Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 372,000, making it the sixth-largest city in the state and the 16th-largest in the country. Located in the Ruhr region between two rivers, it serves as a major urban center in one of Germany's most populous and industrially important areas.

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German place.type: City
German place.image_coa: DEU Bochum COA.svg
German place.image_flag: DEU Bochum Flag.svg
German place.state: North Rhine-Westphalia
German place.region: Arnsberg
German place.district: urban
German place.area: 145.4
German place.pop_metro: 5,166,484
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 05911000
German place.postal_code: 44701-44894
German place.area_code: 0234, 02327
German place.licence: BO, WAT
German place.website: www.bochum.de
German place.mayor: Jörg Lukat
German place.leader_term: 2025–30
German place.Bürgermeistertitel: Lord Mayor
German place.party: SPD
German place.ruling_party1: SPD

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Official name: Bochum
Demonym: Bochumerinnen
Country: Germany
Located in: Arnsberg Government Region
Contains: Bochum-Mitte
Population: 366385
Area: 145.66
Elevation: 100
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Knöselsbach
Shares border with: Witten
Official website: www.bochum.de
Image: Bergbaumuseum Bochum bei Nacht.JPG
Dialing code: 02327
Licence plate code: BO

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located in/on physical feature: Ruhr Area
category for people born here: Category:Births in Bochum
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bochum
twinned administrative body: Tsukuba
postal code: 44701–44894
time of earliest written record: 0890-00-00
Commons category: Bochum
topic's main category: Category:Bochum
category of associated people: Category:People from Bochum
member of: Mayors for Peace
Commons gallery: Bochum
short name: Bm
hashtag: Bochum
owner of: Haus Kemnade
P6814: Bochum
IPA transcription: ˈboʊ.kəm
male population: 177829
female population: 186625
P8168: Schleithal
native label: Bochum
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