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Kastamonu

central district and city in Kastamonu Province, Turkey
City city Q155915

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
city, big city, municipality[4][5]
Country
Turkey[3]
Official website
kastamonu.bel.tr[8]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 41.383°, 33.783°
Capital of
Kastamonu vilayet, Candar dynasty[17]
Area
+1482[23]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14][15][16]
Different from
Kastamonu Province[21]
Elevation above sea level
+774[22]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kastamonu Province[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Black Sea Region[7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Turkey, WikiProject Cities[25][26]
Name in kana
カスタモヌ[20]
Native label
Kastamonu[19]
Office held by head of government
mayor of Kastamonu[13]
Official name
Kastamonu[18]
Population
153k (82k–153k, n=4)[9][10][11][12]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 137,391 · 148,931 · 82,289 · 152,541 GeoNames 125,622 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Postal code
37000[6]
Rural population
27k (27k–124k, n=20)[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Social media followers
14k (9.8k–14k, n=3)
State of conservation
preserved[24]
Urban population
126k (23k–126k, n=20)[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kastamonu en Kastamonu City en Tumana ar قسطمونة el Κασταμών el Κασταμονή el Καστάμονου fa قسطمونی fa کاستامونو fr Castamouni fr Kastamouni he קסטמונו hi कसतामोणु ja カスタモヌ ko 카스타모누 pt Aclanos pt Castamona pt Castamono pt Castamonu pt Castamouni
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
157159038
GND ID
4460675-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Kaleden Cumhuriyet Meydanı ve Çevresi.JPG ↗
De Agostini ID
Kastamonu+(città)
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID
27497
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Kastamonu
Facebook username
KastamonuBelBsk
FactGrid item ID
Philipp Peter
Freebase ID
/m/03fryt
GNS Unique Feature ID
-758417
GeoNames ID
743882
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
kastamonu
Show all 30 identifiers +18
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0512386
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
274912
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
4480
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007555484305171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1801994
Pleiades ID
844974
Quora topic ID
Kastamonu
SNARC ID
Elias gamma coding
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
kastamonu
Topic's main category
Category:Kastamonu
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
kastamonu
UN/LOCODE
TRKTM
WOEID
2344169
Who's on First ID
101911031
X (Twitter) username
KastamonuBelBsk
Yale LUX ID
place/b7accc37-84ce-4008-b2a8-44f2cb454c8b
YouTube channel ID
UC7hSzWYm3hdF5rMfkJGF3ng
YouTube handle
kastamonubelbsk

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 155
Kastamonu Airport, Ahlatçık, Bostanköy, Kastamonu University, Mahmut Bey Mosque, Ahmetbey, Akçataş, Akdoğan +147 more
People born here 10
Hüma Hatun, Rıfat Ilgaz, Ezel Akay, Mehmed Şevkî Efendi, Murat Başesgioğlu, Iovan Tsaous, Derya Tınkaoğlu, İsmail Hakkı Ketenoğlu +2 more
← Capital 5
Kastamonu Province, Candar dynasty, Chobanids, Kastamonu vilayet, Kastamonu eyalet
Instance of 4
city, municipality, district of Turkey, big city
Capital of 2
Candar dynasty, Kastamonu vilayet
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Located in time zone 2
UTC+03:00, time in Turkey
Maintained by WikiProject 2
WikiProject Cities, WikiProject Turkey
People who died here 2
Şerife Bacı, Mahmud Bey
← Headquarters location 2
Kastamonu Bld. GSK, Kastamonuspor
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Kastamonu
Country 1
Turkey
Different from 1
Kastamonu Province
FactGrid item ID 1
Philipp Peter
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kastamonu Province
Located in/on physical feature 1
Black Sea Region
Named after 1
Kastamonu Airport
Residents 1
Melkon Giurdjian
SNARC ID 1
Elias gamma coding
Topic's main category 1
Category:Kastamonu
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Kastamonu
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Kastamonu
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Kastamonu Province
← Different from 1
Kastamonu Province
← Place served by transport hub 1
Kastamonu Airport
← Significant place 1
Mount Ilgaz National Park
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Summary

Kastamonu is a city[1].

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kastamonu include Kastamonu Airport[50], an airport[51], in Turkey[52].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Kastamonu include Kastamonu Airport[50], an airport[51], in Turkey[52].

Related Entities

city Turkey

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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