Editing Duisburg (section)

== Geography ==
Duisburg is in the Lowland Rhine area at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr and near the outskirts of the [[Bergisches Land]]. The city spreads along both sides of these rivers.

=== Adjacent cities ===
The following cities border Duisburg (clockwise starting from the north-east):
[[Oberhausen]], [[Mülheim|Mülheim an der Ruhr]], [[Ratingen]], Düsseldorf, [[Meerbusch]], [[Krefeld]], [[Moers]], [[Rheinberg]], and [[Dinslaken]].

=== Districts ===
Since 1 January 1975, Duisburg has been divided into seven districts or boroughs ({{lang|de|[[Stadtbezirk]]e}}) from north to south:<ref name="statistisches1">{{cite web |url=http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/daten/b/r311dichte.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209015220/http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/daten/b/r311dichte.html |archive-date=9 February 2008 |title=Population statistics |work=Statistisches Landesamt NRW}}</ref>
[[File:Duisburger Wappen am Rathaus Duisburg.JPG|thumb|Coat of arms of Duisburg at the town hall in Duisburg]]

* Walsum (51,528)
* [[Hamborn]] (71,528)
* [[Meiderich]]/Beeck (73,881)
* [[Homberg (Duisburg)|Homberg]]/[[Ruhrort]]/Baerl (41,153)
* Duisburg-Mitte (center) (105,961)
* [[Rheinhausen]] (77,933)
* Duisburg-Süd (73,321)

=== Climate ===
Duisburg has an [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=50401&cityname=Duisburg,+North+Rhine-Westphalia,+Germany&units= |title=Duisburg, Germany Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |website=Weatherbase |access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref> On [[2019 European heat waves|25 July 2019]], Duisburg recorded a temperature of {{convert|41.2|C|F|abbr=on}}, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dwd.de/DE/presse/pressemitteilungen/DE/2020/20201217_annulierung_lingen_news.html/ |title=DWD-Stationen Duisburg-Baerl und Tönisvorst jetzt Spitzenreiter mit 41,2 Grad Celsius |website=www.dwd.de |language=de |date=17 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>
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