Üsküdar
Üsküdar is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 35 km2, and its population is 524,452. It is a large and densely populated district on the Anatolian shore of the Bosphorus.
- Type: Town with 524,000 residents
- Description: district of İstanbul, northwestern Turkey
- Also known as: “Chrysopolis”, “Hrizopolis”, “Khrysopolis”, “Krysopolis”, “Scutari”, “Skutari”, “UEskuedar”, “Usküdar”, “Üskudar”, “Üsküdar (distritu)”, “Üsküdar ilçesi”, “Σκουτάρι”, “Σκούταρι”, “Хризополис”, “כריסופוליס”, and “クリュソポリス”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Golden Horn and Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia
Mosque
Photo: Myrabella, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Istanbul and Historical Peninsula.
Historical Peninsula
Photo: Sinoplu diyojen, Public domain.
Üsküdar
- Categories: municipality of Turkey, city, and locality
- Location: Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.0266° or 41° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
29.0151° or 29° 0′ 55″ east
Population
524,000
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TR USK
Open location code
8GHF22G8+J3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Azerbaijani: “Üsküdar”
- Bashkir: “Өскөдар”
- Bashkir: “Өҫкөтар”
- Belarusian: “Ускюдар”
- Bulgarian: “Юскюдар”
- Catalan: “Üsküdar”
- Cebuano: “Üsküdar”
- Central Kurdish: “ئوسکودار”
- Chechen: “Уьскуьдар”
- Chinese: “于斯屈达尔”
- Chinese: “于斯屈達爾”
- Czech: “Üsküdar”
- Dimli (individual language): “Üsküdar”
- Dutch: “Üsküdar”
- Finnish: “Üsküdar”
- French: “Üsküdar”
- Georgian: “იუსქიუდარი”
- German: “Üsküdar”
- Greek: “Ουσκουντάρ”
- Hebrew: “אושקודר”
- Hindi: “उसकुदार”
- Hungarian: “Üsküdar”
- Indonesian: “Üsküdar”
- Irish: “Üsküdar”
- Italian: “Scutari”
- Japanese: “ユスキュダル”
- Kazakh: “Үскітар”
- Kirghiz: “Үскүдар”
- 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: “Üsküdar”
- Romanian: “Üsküdar”
- Russian: “Ускюдар”
- Serbian: “Uskudar”
- Serbian: “Ускудар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Üsküdar”
- Slovenian: “Üsküdar”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوسکودار”
- Spanish: “Üsküdar”
- Swahili: “Üsküdar”
- Swedish: “Üsküdar”
- Tatar: “Өскетар”
- Tatar: “Ускүдар”
- Thai: “อึสคือดาร์”
- Turkish: “Üsküdar”
- Ukrainian: “Ускюдар”
- Urdu: “اسکدار”
- Urdu: “اسکودار”
- Uzbek: “Üsküdar”
- Vietnamese: “Üsküdar”
- Western Armenian: “Սկիւտար”
- Western Mari: “Ӱскӱдар”
- Western Panjabi: “اسکودر”
- “Üsküdar”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mimar Sinan and Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Fountain of Ahmed III and İBB Üsküdar Beyaz Masa İletişim Noktası.
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