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 ====== Ruhr Area ======
-The Ruhr Area (German //Ruhrgebiet//) is an urban agglomeration in western Germany, in the state of North Rhine Westphalia. It is one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe, despite not a single city in it reaches anywhere near a million inhabitants. However, in its wider definition, as the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area it includes Cologne, which does nearly have a million inhabitants. On the other, hand even though it contains so many cities, it is a smaller metropolitan area than London, Paris or Moscow.
+The Ruhr Area (German //Ruhrgebiet//) is an urban agglomeration in western Germany, in the state of North Rhine Westphalia. It is one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe, even though not a single city in it reaches anywhere near a million inhabitants. However, in its wider definition, as the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area it includes [[Cologne]], which does have nearly a million inhabitants. On the other hand, even though it contains so many cities, it is a smaller metropolitan area than [[London]], [[Paris]] or [[Moscow]].
-The area's coal reserves, and it's subsequent heavy industrialization spelled trouble, and it hence is significant in history and alternate history alike: including for example the occupation by the French in the aftermath of WWI, or being the prime target for the infamous Morgenthau Plan.
+The area's coal reserves, and its subsequent heavy industrialization spelled trouble, and it hence is significant in history and alternate history alike: including for example the occupation by the French in the aftermath of WWI, or being the prime target for the infamous Morgenthau Plan.
-Due to it's overt similarity with the Sprawl from William Gibson's //Neuromancer// trilogy, the Ruhr Area was also prominently featured in German Cyberpunk fiction, for example in the //Shadowrun// franchise/universe.
+==== In Alternate History & Science Fiction ====
+Due to its overt similarity with the Sprawl from William Gibson's //Neuromancer// trilogy, the Ruhr Area was also prominently featured in German Cyberpunk fiction, for example in the //Shadowrun// franchise/universe.
+==== See Also ====
+**[[Germany]]**
+==== Navigation ====
+**[[regions|Regions of the World]]**