Üsküdar
district of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey
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Üsküdar is a municipality of Turkey[1]. Üsküdar ranks in the top 8% of municipality of turkey entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,743 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Istanbul Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Bosporus Strait[5], Sea of Marmara[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: town[8], district of Turkey[9], city[10]
- Official language: Turkish[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Kaposvár[12]
- Part of: Bilad-ı Selase[13]
- Commons category: Üsküdar[14]
- Located in time zone: time in Turkey[15], UTC+03:00[16]
- Inception: 675 BC[17]
- Significant event: Battle of Chrysopolis[18]
- Official website: https://uskudar.bel.tr[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Üsküdar[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25], Hellenica[26], Anabasis[27], The Histories[28], Geography[29], Bibliotheca historica[30], Roman History[31], Ethnica of Stephanus[32], Natural History[33], Historia Nova[34]
- Category for people born here: Q10160980[35]
- Category for people who died here: Q25969530[36]
- Native label: Üsküdar[37]
- Category for people buried here: Q117178791[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Üsküdar[39]
- Name in kana: ユスキュダル[40]
- Elevation above sea level: 30 m[41]
- Area: 35.7 km²[42], 35 km²[43]
- Köppen climate classification: hot-summer Mediterranean climate[44]
- Urban population: 395,623[45], 495,118[46], 582,666[47], 524,889[48], 524,379[49], 526,947[50], 532,182[51], 535,916[52], 534,636[53], 534,970[54], 540,617[55], 535,537[56], 533,570[57]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Üsküdar include Üsküdar railway station[58], a railway station[59], in Turkey[60], founded in 2013[61].
Why It Matters
Üsküdar has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Üsküdar is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for Üsküdar include Üsküdar railway station[58], a railway station[59], in Turkey[60], founded in 2013[61].