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Üsküdar

Western Asia

Üsküdar is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey, on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus. It borders Beykoz to the north, Ümraniye to the east, Ataşehir to the southeast, and Kadıköy to the south, and faces several European side neighborhoods across the strait. The district covers 35 square kilometers and had a population of approximately 524,452 as of the 2022 census. Üsküdar has been a conservative cultural center of the Anatolian side of Istanbul since Ottoman times, distinguished by its many mosques and dervish lodges known as dergahs.

Facts
Population
524,452 1
Area (sq km)
35.7 2
Founding Year
675 BCE 2
Latitude
41.016667 degrees north 2
Longitude
29.016667 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 5
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1. GeoNames: Üsküdar
GeoNames geonameid 738329 (Üsküdar), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Üsküdar (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    -0675-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 41.016667, longitude 29.016667
  • P2046 (area)
    area 35.7 sq km
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Üsküdar - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 41 m
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4. 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, 29.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 29.25
41.25 29.25 Csa
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5. GeoNames: Üsküdar - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 738329
Quote, cities500 record 738329
41.02274 29.01366 P PPL TR 34 7732589 524452 41 Europe/Istanbul
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Wikidata: Üsküdar
Wikidata Q326339, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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