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Üsküdar

Salacak

Salacak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 9,522. It is located on the Asian shore of the , to the south of the historic center of Üsküdar.
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Photo: A.Cihan CÖMERTEL, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 9,520 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Üsküdar, İstanbul–Asia, northwestern Turkey
  • Also known as: “Salacık”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leander Tower and Paşakapısı Prison.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Maiden's Tower, also known as Leander's Tower since the Byzantine period, is a tower on a small islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 m from the coast of in , .

Prison
is a small prison located in district of , . First built in 1799 on orders of the Ottoman sultan Selim III as a hunting palace, the facility was used as a school for nuns between 1918 and 1923.

Mosque
Photo: Ahmet Yurtbakan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Üsküdar and Koşuyolu.

Town
Photo: Meskalam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the municipality and district of , , .

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is the northernmost neighbourhood of the district of , Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. is to the south and to the north. is situated 2½ km northwest of Salacak.

Salacak

Latitude
41.01663° or 41° 0′ 60″ north
Longitude
29.01182° or 29° 0′ 43″ east
Population
9,520
Elevation
48 metres (157 feet)
Open location code
8GHF2286+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251358382
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
740340
Wiki­data ID
Q7403368
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Salacak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سالاجاك”
  • Bulgarian: “Саладжак”
  • Chechen: “Саладжак”
  • French: “Salacak”
  • German: “Salacak”
  • Turkish: “Salacak, Üsküdar”
  • Turkish: “Salacak”
  • Uzbek: “Salacak”
  • “Salacak”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Salacak”. Photo: A.Cihan CÖMERTEL, CC BY-SA 3.0.