Altıeylül

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Altıeylül

Total population

185,038

Elevation145 m

Coordinates39.64°, 27.88°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Altıeylül is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 183,736 (2022).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mahmut Orhan

Turkish disc jockey and record producer (born 1993)

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Oğuzhan Çapar

Turkish association football player (born 1996)

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Furkan Çil

Turkish association football player (born 1993)

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Kağan Kayalı

Turkish association football player (born 1999)

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Oktay Güngör

Turkish freestyle wrestler

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Ali Serçek

Turkish association football player (born 2000)

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Mert Ali Atakulu

Turkish association football player (born 2006)

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Fuat Seyrekoğlu

Turkish association football player (born 1949)

Fuat Sunay

Turkish musician (born 1987)

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Merve Şahinsoy

Turkish particle physicist

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Ali Yağcı

Turkish actor and fashion model (born 1990)

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Sinan Ateş

Turkish historian and statesperson (1984–2022)

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Bilge Yılmaz

Turkish economist (born 1968)

Neptün Soyer

Turkish social reformer (born 1966)

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Orhan Erinç

Turkish journalist (1936–2023)

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Ömer Kaçar

Turkish playwright (born 1990)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Balıkesir

• Padala
  299.7 mi away
• Panichishte
  300.1 mi away
• Saparevo
  301.7 mi away
• Barakovo
  302.3 mi away
• Sapareva Banya
  302.4 mi away
• Kocherinovo
  303.3 mi away · pop. 2,400
• Smochevo
  304 mi away
• Mursalevo
  305.1 mi away
• Samoranovo
  305.4 mi away
• Dragodan
  306.1 mi away
• Slatino
  306.2 mi away
• Kraini Dol
  306.2 mi away

Browse all places in Balıkesir →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Yellow Star-Thistle

Centaurea solstitialis

Seen 2026-09-02

squirting cucumber

Ecballium elaterium

Seen 2026-09-02

Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Zelus renardii

Seen 2026-08-23

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Seen 2026-08-22

Mediterranean red bug

Scantius aegyptius

Seen 2026-08-18

Rhynchium oculatum

Rhynchium oculatum

Seen 2026-08-17

Migrant Spreadwing

Lestes barbarus

Seen 2026-08-16

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-08-13

Prostemma guttula

Prostemma guttula

Seen 2026-08-01

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).