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Çorlu

Western Asia

Çorlu is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province in northwestern Turkey. The district covers 531 square kilometres and had a population of 306,939 in 2025, and the town is described as a rapidly growing industrial centre. It stands on flat land beside the Otoyol 3 motorway and the D.100 highway, on the route between Istanbul and Turkey's borders with Greece and Bulgaria. The nearest airport is Tekirdağ Çorlu Atatürk Airport, which carries the code TEQ.

Facts
Population
308,073 1
Founding Year
1000 BCE 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 4
Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): Turkey: Provinces and Major Cities
City Population (citypopulation.de)
  • Cities and towns table, 2022-12-31 estimate column (Corlu)
    Çorlu TEK 59,107 74,681 141,525 226,921 277,962 308,073 0
  • On Continent: Asia, Page breadcrumb
    Home → Asia → Turkey
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2. Çorlu (Wikipedia)
  • History, first paragraph
    by 1000 BC, the area was a Phrygian-Greek colony
  • Part Of: Turkey, Introduction, first sentence
    is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Lead
    is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, northwestern Turkey
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 27.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 27.75
41.25 27.75 Csa
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4. GeoNames: Çorlu - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 748893, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 748893, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
41.16069 27.80093 P PPLA2 TR 59 7732607 202578 161 Europe/Istanbul
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