What is Gelsenkirchen?
{{Infobox German Location |name = Gelsenkirchen |German_name = {{native name|wep|Gelsenkiärken}} |Art = City |image_photo = Musiktheater im Revier.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = The Ruhr Music Theatre MiR |Wappen = DEU Gelsenkirchen COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Gelsenkirchen.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|31|N|07|06|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia |Regierungsbezirk = [[Münster Government Region|Münster]] |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05513000 |Kreis = Kreisfreie Stadt |Höhe = 60<!--AVERAGE VALUE BETWEEN 25 AND 95--> |Fläche = 104.84 |Einwohner = 267362 |pop_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/Regionen/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/rp5_juni06.html |title=www.lds.nrw.de/statistik |access-date=2008-01-29 |archive-date=2007-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125002619/http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/Regionen/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/rp5_juni06.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |Stand = 2006-06-30 |PLZ = 45801-45899 |Vorwahl = 0209 |Kfz = GE |website = {{url|http://www.gelsenkirchen.de/|www.gelsenkirchen.de}} |Bürgermeister = Frank Baranowski |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |Partei = SPD }} '''Gelsenkirchen''' (<small>[[British English|UK]]:</small> [[Help:IPA/English|/ˈɡɛlzənkɪərxən/]], <small>[[American English|US]]:</small> [[Help:IPA/English|/ˌɡɛlzənˈkɪərxən/]], <small>German:</small> [[Help:IPA/Standard German|[ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩]]]; {{lang-wep|Gelsenkiärken}}) is a city in [[Germany]] in the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. It is about {{convert|63|km|mi|1|lk=on|abbr=off}} north of [[Cologne]] in the so-called [[Ruhr Area]]. About 269,000 people live there. In the past it was dominated by [[coal mining]] and [[steel industry]]. The city is famous for its [[football (soccer)]] club [[FC Schalke 04]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://www.gelsenkirchen.de/english/tourism/default.asp Official Cit