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Borken
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German district of North Rhine-Westphalia
Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.