Bochum

Bochum Baukem Boochem Bochem
City
Bochum Skyline, German Mining Museum, Zeiss Planetarium Bochum, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Bochum Kammerspiele
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bochum
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Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 07°12′57″E / 51.48194°N 7.21583°E / 51.48194; 7.21583
Country	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region	Arnsberg
District	Urban district
Government
• Mayor	Thomas Eiskirch (SPD)
Area
• Total	145.4 km2 (56.1 sq mi)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	365,742
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	44701-44894
Dialling codes	0234, 02327
Vehicle registration	BO, WAT
Website	www.bochum.de

Bochum (/ˈboʊxʊm/ BOHKH-uum, also US: /-əm/ -⁠əm,^[2][3][4][5] German: [ˈboːxʊm] (listen); Westphalian: Baukem, Low Franconian: Boochem, Old Saxon: Bochem) is a city in the Ruhr area of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is part of the Arnsberg Government Region. Bochum is situated between the cities of Essen, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, and Hattingen.

Bochum has about 380,000 inhabitants. The city is formed by the traditional industry of coal mining in the Ruhr area, but today there is no mining in Bochum anymore.

1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
2. ↑ "Bochum". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. ↑ "Bochum". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
4. ↑ "Bochum" Archived 2019-04-18 at the Wayback Machine (US) and "Bochum". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. ↑ "Bochum". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 18 April 2019.