Editing Bochum (section)

===Districts===
[[Image:Bochum - Stadtbezirke-polished.png|thumb|Sections and Districts in Bochum]]

Bochum is divided into six administrative sections ({{lang|de|stadtbezirke}}), alongside their respective sub-districts ({{lang|de|stadtteile}}), with a total of 362,213 inhabitants living in an urban area of {{convert|145.4|km2|abbr=on}}.

* '''Bochum-Mitte''' includes [[Bochum-Innenstadt|Innenstadt]], [[Bochum-Hamme|Hamme]] (including Goldhamme, and Stahlhausen), Hordel, Hofstede, Riemke, Grumme and Altenbochum There are 102,145 inhabitants living in an area of {{convert|32.60|km2|abbr=on}}.
* '''[[Wattenscheid]]''' includes Wattenscheid-Mitte, Leithe, [[Günnigfeld]], [[Bochum-Westenfeld|Westenfeld]], Sevinghausen, [[Höntrop]], Munscheid and Eppendorf (which includes Engelsburg and Heide). There are 74,602 inhabitants living in an area of {{convert|23.87|km2|abbr=on}}.
* '''North''' includes Bergen, [[Bochum-Gerthe|Gerthe]], Harpen (including Rosenberg), Kornharpen, Hiltrop and Voede-Abzweig. There are 37,004 inhabitants living in an area of {{convert|18.86|km2|abbr=on}}.
* '''East''' includes [[Bochum-Laer|Laer]], [[Bochum-Werne|Werne]], and [[Langendreer]] (including Ümmingen and Kaltehardt). There are 55,193 inhabitants living in an area of {{convert|23.46|km2|abbr=on}}.
* '''South''' includes Wiemelhausen (which includes Brenschede, and Ehrenfeld), Stiepel (which includes Haar, Brockhausen and Schrick) and Querenburg (which includes Hustadt and Steinkuhl). There are 50,866 inhabitants living in an area of {{convert|27.11|km2|abbr=on}}.
* '''Southwest''' includes Weitmar (which includes Bärendorf, Mark, and Neuling), Sundern, [[Bochum-Linden|Linden]] and Dahlhausen. There are 56,510 inhabitants living in an area of {{convert|19.50|km2|abbr=on}}.