Balıkesir
city in Turkey
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Summary
Balıkesir is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Balıkesir draws 1,039 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #17 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Balıkesir Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], city[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Schwäbisch Hall[7], Makhachkala[8]
- Postal code: 10000[9]
- Commons category: Balıkesir[10]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[11]
- Official website: http://www.balikesir.bel.tr/[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Balıkesir[13]
- Commons gallery: Balıkesir[14]
- Population: 331,788[15], 1,250,610[16]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Balıkesir[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19]
- Capital of: Karesi sanjak[20], Balıkesir Province[21]
- Official name: Balıkesir[22]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Balıkesir[23]
- Category for people who died here: Q130742007[24]
- Native label: Balıkesir[25]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Balıkesir[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 70 m[27]
- Area: 1454 km²[28]
- Urban population: 170,589[29], 215,436[30], 241,404[31], 247,072[32], 259,157[33], 265,747[34], 263,000[35], 267,903[36], 69,341[37], 85,004[38], 99,443[39], 124,051[40]
- Rural population: 75,062[41], 72,273[42], 72,226[43], 70,767[44], 70,244[45], 69,146[46], 68,788[47], 71,033[48], 67,353[49], 68,992[50], 70,489[51], 71,848[52]
Why It Matters
Balıkesir has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Balıkesir is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]