Yıldırım

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Yıldırım

Total population

657,176

Founded

1987

Elevation150 m

Land area110 km²

Coordinates40.19°, 29.13°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Yıldırım is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 110 km2, and its population is 655,856 (2022). It covers part of the city centre of Bursa. Founded in 1987, it was named after Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, whose nickname was Yıldırım.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Dio Chrysostom

Greek orator, writer, philosopher and historian (c. 40 – c. 115)

Bülent Arınç

Turkish statesperson (born 1948)

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Himerius

ancient Greek rhetor

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Eriş Özkan

Turkish association football player (born 1981)

Evren Büker

Turkish basketball player (born 1985)

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Füsun Köksal

Turkish composer (born 1973)

Hagop Oshagan

Armenian literary figure (1883-1948)

S

Sadettin Nüzhet Ergun

Turkish writer (1901–1946)

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Turhan Özek

Turkish singer (1937–1990)

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Ahmet Muhtar Acar

Turkish statesperson (1901–1970)

M

Mehmet Emin Dalkıran

Turkish statesperson (1925–1979)

C

Cemil Öz

Turkish statesperson (1891–1956)

A

Abdülkadir Cenkçiler

Turkish statesperson (1946–1997)

A

Ahmet Akgün Albayrak

Turkish statesperson (1932–2006)

Mehmet Emin Lekili

Turkish statesperson (1883–1950)

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Mükerrem Kâmil Su

Turkish educator and novelist (1906–1984)

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

Nearby places in Bursa

• Osmangazi
  3.6 mi away · pop. 885,441
• Gemlik
  16.9 mi away · pop. 91,070
• Jalt Kamak
  237.9 mi away
• Karadjalovo
  238.1 mi away
• Byala Reka
  239.2 mi away
• Dobri Dol
  239.6 mi away
• Iskra
  240.4 mi away · pop. 1,442
• Parvomay
  242.3 mi away · pop. 13,984
• Krushevo
  243.5 mi away
• Poroyna
  243.9 mi away
• Gradina
  244.9 mi away
• Sini Vrah
  245 mi away

Browse all places in Bursa →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Yıldırım

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