Üsküdar

Üsküdar is a municipality and district of . Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452. It is a large and densely populated district on the shore of the Bosphorus.
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  • Type: Town with 524,000 residents
  • Description: district of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: Scutari”, “Skutari”, and “UEskuedar

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and Hagia Sophia.

The is the district of surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.

Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a .

The or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the district of in . From the 1460s to the completion of in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Istanbul and Historical Peninsula.

is a very large city of fantastic history, culture and beauty. Called Byzantium in ancient times, the city's name was changed to Constantinople in 324 CE when it was rebuilt by the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine.

Photo: Sinoplu diyojen, Public domain.
The is the oldest part of . It's the location of most of its sights, with several ranked as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's on the western, European side of the Bosphorus, with the sea to the south and the inlet of the Golden Horn to the north.

is just north, across the Golden Horn, from the Old City of . Further north is Beyoğlu: İstiklal Avenue is its thoroughfare, and adjoining Taksim Square is considered the heart of the city — if it were sensible to speak of a "downtown" for multicentric Istanbul, that would most likely refer to this area.

Üsküdar

Latitude
41.0266° or 41° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
29.0151° or 29° 0′ 55″ east
Population
524,000
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR USK
Open location code
8GHF22G8+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26505047
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
738329
Wiki­data ID
Q326339
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Üsküdar” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Üsküdar
  • Arabic: أسكدار
  • Armenian: Սկյուտար
  • Asturian: Üsküdar (distritu)
  • Asturian: Üsküdar
  • Azerbaijani: Üsküdar
  • Bashkir: Өскөдар
  • Bashkir: Өҫкөтар
  • Belarusian: Ускюдар
  • Bulgarian: Юскюдар
  • Catalan: Üsküdar
  • Cebuano: Üsküdar
  • Central Kurdish: ئوسکودار
  • Chechen: Уьскуьдар
  • Chinese: Üsküdar
  • Chinese: 于斯屈达尔
  • Chinese: 于斯屈達爾
  • Czech: Üsküdar
  • Dimli (individual language): Üsküdar
  • Dutch: Uskudar
  • Dutch: Üsküdar
  • Finnish: Khrysopolis
  • Finnish: Üsküdar
  • French: Chrysopolis
  • French: Uskudar
  • French: Üsküdar
  • Georgian: იუსქიუდარი
  • German: Chrysopolis
  • German: Scutari
  • German: Skutari
  • German: Üsküdar
  • Greek: Ουσκουντάρ
  • Greek: Σκουτάρι
  • Greek: Σκούταρι
  • Hebrew: אושקודר
  • Hebrew: כריסופוליס
  • Hindi: उसकुदार
  • Hungarian: Üsküdar
  • Indonesian: Üsküdar
  • Irish: Üsküdar
  • Italian: Distretto di Üsküdar
  • Italian: Scutari
  • Italian: Üsküdar
  • Japanese: クリュソポリス
  • Japanese: ユスキュダル
  • Kazakh: Үскітар
  • Kirghiz: Үскүдар
  • Kirghiz: Үскүтар
  • Korean: 위스퀴다르
  • Kurdish: Üsküdar
  • Ladino: Üsküdar
  • Latin: Uscudarum
  • Latvian: Īskīdaras rajons
  • Lithuanian: Uskiudaras
  • Macedonian: Усќудар
  • Malay: Üsküdar
  • Min Nan Chinese: Üsküdar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Üsküdar
  • Norwegian: Üsküdar
  • Ossetian: Ускюдар
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): اسکدار
  • Persian: اسکودار
  • Polish: Chryzopol
  • Polish: Üsküdar
  • Portuguese: Uscudar
  • Portuguese: Uskudar
  • Portuguese: Üsküdar
  • Romanian: Scutari
  • Romanian: Üsküdar
  • Russian: Ускюдар
  • Serbian: Hrizopolis
  • Serbian: Uskudar
  • Serbian: Ускудар
  • Serbian: Хризополис
  • Serbo-Croatian: Chrysopolis
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hrizopolis
  • Serbo-Croatian: Üsküdar
  • Slovenian: Üsküdar
  • South Azerbaijani: اوسکودار
  • Spanish: Distrito de Üsküdar
  • Spanish: Scutari
  • Spanish: Uskudar
  • Spanish: Usküdar
  • Spanish: Üskudar
  • Spanish: Üsküdar
  • Swahili: Üsküdar
  • Swedish: Chrysopolis
  • Swedish: Krysopolis
  • Swedish: Uskudar
  • Swedish: Üsküdar
  • Tatar: Өскетар
  • Tatar: Ускүдар
  • Thai: Üsküdar
  • Thai: อึสคือดาร์
  • Turkish: Üsküdar
  • Ukrainian: Ускюдар
  • Urdu: اسکودار
  • Uzbek: Üsküdar
  • Vietnamese: Üsküdar
  • Western Armenian: Սկիւտար
  • Western Mari: Ӱскӱдар
  • Western Panjabi: اسکودر
  • Üsküdar
  • Üsküdar ilçesi

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