Rhine-Ruhr

The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr) is the lairgest metropolitan region in Germany wi aboot 10,100,000 inhabitants. It is o polycentric natur an the anerlie megaceety in Germany. It covers an aurie o 7,110 square kilometers an lees entirely athin the federal state o North Rhine-Westphalie. The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region spreads frae Dortmund-Bochum-Essen-Duisburg (Ruhr) in the north, tae the urban auries o the ceeties o Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf (the state caipital), Wuppertal, Cologne (the region's lairgest an Germany's fowerth lairgest ceety), an Bonn in the sooth. The location o the Rhine-Ruhr at the hert o the European "blue banana" maks it well connectit tae ither major European ceeties an metropolitan auries lik Amsterdam an the Randstad, the Flemish Diamond an Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Region.

Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr
Kintra	Germany
State	North Rhine-Westphalie
Lairgest Ceeties	Cologne Düsseldorf Dortmund Essen Duisburg Bochum
Area
• Metro	7110 km2 (2,750 sq mi)
Highest elevation	494 m (1,621 ft)
Lowest elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population [1][2]
• Metro	11,316,429 inhab.
• Metro density	1,422/km2 (3,684/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
GRP	2004
Nominal	€330.9 billion (3rd in EU)

The metropolitan aurie is namit efter the Rhine an Ruhr rivers, which are the regions's definin geographical featurs an historically its economic backbone.