What is the population of Osmangazi, Bursa?

Osmangazi has a population of approximately 885,441 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Osmangazi, Bursa located?

Osmangazi is located in Bursa, Türkiye, at approximate coordinates 40.1982°, 29.0612°.

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Osmangazi

Total population

885,441

Land area116.5 km²

Coordinates40.20°, 29.06°

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Area

116.5 km²

Official website

www.osmangazi.bel.tr

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Overview

Osmangazi is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 621 km2, and its population is 891,250 (2022). It is one of the central metropolitan districts of the city of Bursa, as well as the fourth largest overall municipality in Turkey. On its own, it would be the 28th largest city in Turkey.

History & geography

History

It was stated that there were various settlements in Bursa and its surroundings by 4000 B.C. But the certain information related to the region belongs to 700 B.C. Homer called the region Mysia. There are two villages that are ancient Mysia settlements: Misi (Gümüştepe) and Misebolu. The region is called Phrygia in historical geography. It is known that Cimmerians, fleeing from the migration of the Scythians, put an end to Phrygian sovereignty. The name of Bursa comes from the founder of this city, Prussias, the King of Bithynia. The Bithynians, who migrated to the region in 7th century B.C., used the name Bithynia. It was pointed out that one of the most important commanders that Carthage had recommended the establishment of the City of Prusias and Olympus to King Prusian I. in 185 B.C. By that time, "Prusa" has been transformed to Bursa. When Bithynia joined the Roman Empire in 74 B.C., it became the Asian Province that was governed by proconsuls (head of the province), who were appointed in Rome. Bursa was under the sovereignty of the Byzantine Empire between 385 and 1326 A.D. The city became a thermal city after the thermal baths while silk production in the region started in 550 A.D. Bursa was seized by Osman I in 1307 and conquered by Orhan, the son of Osman I, on 6 April 1335. The capital of the empire was moved to Bursa in 1335 and new development movements were initiated. When Bursa was conquered, the city consisted of the inner castle, but Orhan had the Orhan Gazi Complex built out of the town. Public buildings such as mosques, baths, soup houses, hospitals, madrasahs were built out of the walls, where new settlements had been created, hence a new tradition of settling area had been established. Right after the conquest of Istanbul by Sultan Mehmed II., the…

Geography

Osmangazi, the center of social and economic relations for years, is in the crossroad of roads to İzmir, İstanbul and Eskişehir. Osmangazi is the biggest district of Bursa that is on the southwest coast of Marmara Sea. Gökdere River on the east, Nilüfer River and Mudanya Road on the west, Katırlı Mountains on the north, Uludağ and Kirazlı Plateau are the natural and artificial boundaries of the district. There are 136 neighbourhoods in Osmangazi District: * Adalet * Ahmetbey * Ahmetpaşa * Akpınar * Aksungur * Aktarhüssam * Alacahırka * Alacamescit * Alaşar * Alattin * Alemdar * Alipaşa * Altınova * Altıparmak * Armutköy * Atıcılar * Avdancık * Bağlarbaşı * Bağlı * Bahar * Başaran * Büyükdeliler * Çağlayan * Çaybaşı * Çekirge * Çeltikköy * Çiftehavuzlar * Çirişhane * Çırpan * Çukurcaköy * Dağakçaköy * Demirkapı * Demirtaş Barbaros * Demirtaş Cumhuriyet * Demirtaş Sakarya * Demirtaşpaşa * Dereçavuş * Dilkaldırım * Dobruca * Doğanbey * Doğancı * Doğanevler * Dumlupınar * Dürdane * Ebu İshak * Elmasbahçeler * Emek Adnanmenderes * Emek Fatihsultanmehmet * Emek Zekaigümüşdiş * Fatih * Gaziakdemir * Geçit * Gökçeören * Gülbahçe * Gündoğdu * Güneştepe * Güneybayırı * Güneybudaklar * Hacıilyas * Hamitler * Hamzabey * Hocaalizade * Hocahasan * Hüdavendiğar * Hürriyet * Hüseyinalanı * İbrahimpaşa * İnkaya * İntizam * İsmetiye * İstiklal * İvazpaşa * Karabalçık * Karaislah * Kavaklı * Kayhan * Kemerçeşme * Kirazlı * Kırcaali * Kiremitci * Kocanaip * Kovukçınar * Küçükbalıklı * Küçükdeliller * Kükürtlü * Küplüpınar * Kuruçeşme * Maksen * Mehmet Akif * Mollafenari * Mollagürani * Muradiye * Mürseller * Nalbantoğlu * Namıkkemal * Nilüfer * Orhanbey * Osmangazi * Ovaakça Çeşmebaşı * Ovaakça Eğitim * Ovaakça Merkez * Ovaakça Santral * Panayır * Pınarbaşı * Reyhan * Sakarya *…

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