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Balıkesir

Western Asia

Balikesir is a city in the Marmara region of Turkey and the seat of Balikesir Province, which is organized as a metropolitan municipality. As of 2022 the province had a population of 1,257,590, of which 314,958 lived in the city proper across its urban districts of Altieylul and Karesi. Between 1341 and 1922 the city was the capital of the Beylik of Karasi. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,250,610 1
Area (sq km)
1454 2
Founding Year
1297 1
Founding Year
1201 to 1297 1
Founding Year
1297 to 1300 1
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
70 2
Latitude
39.651111 degrees north 2
Longitude
27.884167 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 3
Sources
1. Balıkesir (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Balıkesir (Turkish pronunciation: [baˈlɯcesiɾ]) is a city in the Marmara region of Turkey.
  • History
    Balıkesir's former name was Karasi because Balıkesir city was founded by Karasi Bey in the 13th century as using the remains of the small town.
  • History section
    Balıkesir's former name was Karasi because Balıkesir city was founded by Karasi Bey in the 13th century as using the remains of the small town. 1297 is considered as the date of establishment of the city which was one of the few to be founded by the Turks in Anatolia.
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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2. Balıkesir (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 39.651111, longitude 27.884167
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 70 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 1454.0 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Balıkesir - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 322165
    39.64917 27.88611 P PPLA TR 10 238151 139 Europe/Istanbul
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 139 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 39.75, 27.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.75, 27.75
39.75 27.75 Csa
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