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Borken

German district of North Rhine-Westphalia

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Country: Germany
State: North Rhine-Westphalia
Adm region: Münster
Capital: Borken
District admin: Kai Zwicker ( CDU )
Total: 1,417.83 km (547.43 sq mi)
Density: 268.577/km (695.610/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Vehicle registration: BOR, AH, BOH
Website: http://www.kreis-borken.de

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Borken is a Kreis (district) in the northwestern part of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany in the Münster region. Neighboring districts are Steinfurt, Coesfeld, Recklinghausen, Wesel, Cleves, Bentheim in the Lower Saxony and the Dutch provinces Gelderland and Overijssel. The two biggest cities are Bocholt and Gronau.

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