North Rhine-Westphalia"North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, pronounced [ˌnɔʁtʁaɪn vɛstˈfaːlən] (listen); Limburgish: Noordrien-Wesfale [ˈnoːʀtʀiːn βæsˈfaːlə];[tone?] Low German: Noordrhien-Westfalen; Kölsch: Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (German: [ɛnʔɛʁˈveː] (listen)), is a state (Land) in Western Germany. With more than 17.9 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of 34,084 square kilometres (13,160 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest German state by size." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.07.2022) Germany Aachen Aachen cities region Bielefeld Bochum Bonn Borken (district) Bottrop Coesfeld (district) Cologne Dortmund Duisburg Düren (district) Düsseldorf Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis Essen Euskirchen (district) Gelsenkirchen Gütersloh Hagen Hamm Heinsberg (district) Herford (district) Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve Krefeld Kreis Höxter Kreis Recklinghausen Leverkusen Lippe (district) Mettmann Minden-Lübbecke District Märkischer Kreis Mönchengladbach Mülheim an der Ruhr Münster Oberbergischer Kreis Oberhausen Olpe (district) Paderborn (district) Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg Remscheid Rhein-Berg District Rhein-Erft District Rhein-Kreis Neuss Rhein-Sieg District Ruhrtal Siegen-Wittgenstein Soest Solingen South Westphalia Steinfurt (district) Unna (district) Viersen Warendorf (district) Werther-Egge Wesel (district) Wuppertal Amt Unna-Kamen Bielefeld District County of Ravensberg Duchy of Berg Electorate of Cologne Free State of Lippe Grafschaft Bentheim-Tecklenburg Grafschaft Dortmund Herzogtum Jülich-Berg Kreis Moers Limburg-Hohenlimburg Müngsten Principality of Lippe Roman Catholic Diocese of Minden United Duchies of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Bergisches Land Lower Rhine region Münsterland Naturpark Rothaargebirge Ostwestfalen Ostwestfalen-Lippe Ruhr Siegerland Soest Börde Wahner Heide Weißes Venn Westphalia Biggesee Baumberge Neandertal (valley) Siebengebirge Ville Königsforst Ems (River) Lenne Lippe (river) Münstersche Aa Niers Ruhr Volme