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Fun fact 1 about Cologne

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The first urban settlement on the grounds of modern-day Cologne was Oppidum Ubiorum, founded in 38 BC by the Ubii.

Cologne
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Cologne

Germany

Country
Germany
Population
1.1M
Coordinates
50.94, 6.96
294th most populous city in the world

Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region.

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Photo: Martin Falbisoner · CC BY-SA 4.0