Cities

Izmir

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Izmir." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/izmir.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Izmir. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/izmir

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-izmir,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Izmir},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/izmir},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Izmir, often still called in English by its Greek name of Smyrna, is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara, and the largest metropolitan area on the Aegean Sea.

Facts

Population

3,025,000 1

Infobox Urban figure used (3,025,000); Metro population is 4,493,242.

Area (sq km)

2259 1

Infobox Metro area figure; no separate urban/city-proper area is given.

Population Estimate Year

2024 1

Elevation (m)

2 1

Latitude

38.42444 degrees north 1

Longitude

27.13222 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Turkey

Source Izmir (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Asia

Sources

1. Izmir (Wikipedia)

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Izmir, often still called in English by its Greek name of Smyrna, is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara, and the largest metropolitan area on the Aegean Sea.

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