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Regierungsbezirk in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Düsseldorf is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. It covers the western part of the Ruhr Area, as well as the Niederrheinische Tiefebene, the lower Rhine area. It is the most populated of all German administrative areas of the kind. It is the only area in Germany where the traditional dialects are Low Franconian, rather than Low German or High German.
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Düsseldorf
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf | |
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Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Region seat | Düsseldorf |
Government | |
• District President | Thomas Schürmann (Greens) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,289.81 km2 (2,042.41 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 5,277,692 |
• Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | €246.561 billion (2022) |
Website | bezreg-duesseldorf.nrw.de |
It was created as a subdivision of the Prussian Rhineland when Prussia reformed its internal administration in 1815. In 1822 the Regierungsbezirk Kleve was incorporated into Regierungbezirk Düsseldorf.
Its highest point is the Brodtberg (378 m).
Kreise (districts) |
Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns) |
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The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 215.7 billion € in 2018, accounting for 6.4% of German economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was 38,100 € or 126% of the EU27 average in the same year. The GDP per employee was 108% of the EU average.[3]
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