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Kumkapı

Kumkapı is a quarter in district of . It is located along the northern shore of Marmara Sea. Up to recent times, Kumkapı is the center of the Armenian community of the city, boasting a school and several churches.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hagia Sophia and Grand Bazaar.

Mosque
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, officially the Grand Mosque, is a mosque and a major cultural and historical site in , . It was formerly a church and a .

Marketplace
Photo: Masygreen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4,000 shops on a total area of 30,700 m2, attracting between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.

Square
Photo: Antoine-François Andréossy, Public domain.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square in , Turkey, known as Sultanahmet Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beyazıt and Mollafenari.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 99. It is on the European side of .

Quarter
Photo: Kadı, CC BY 4.0.
is a neighbourhood of , , Turkey, lying between and . It is known for its large textile wholesaling business and is home to the Literature and Science Faculties of Istanbul University, designed by Sedad Hakkı Eldem and Emin Onat in the 1940s.

Kumkapı

Latitude
41.00422° or 41° 0′ 15″ north
Longitude
28.96469° or 28° 57′ 53″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
8GHC2X37+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6315573196
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
742252
Wiki­data ID
Q2152551
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Kumkapı” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حي بوابة الرمال”
  • Armenian: “Գում Գափու”
  • Armenian: “Գում-Գաբու”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qumqapı”
  • Chinese: “库姆卡普”
  • Chinese: “庫姆卡普”
  • Danish: “Kumkapı”
  • Dutch: “Kumkapı”
  • French: “Koum-Kapou”
  • French: “Kumkapı”
  • Indonesian: “Kumkapı”
  • Italian: “Kumkapi”
  • Italian: “Kumkapı”
  • Japanese: “クムカピ地区”
  • Japanese: “クムカプ”
  • Korean: “쿰카프”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumkapi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumkapı”
  • Norwegian: “Kumkapı”
  • Persian: “کوم‌کاپی”
  • Portuguese: “Kontoskalion”
  • Portuguese: “Kontoskàlion”
  • Portuguese: “Kumkapi”
  • Portuguese: “Kumkapı”
  • Russian: “Кумкапы”
  • Turkish: “Kumkapı”
  • Urdu: “قوم قاپی”
  • Western Armenian: “Գում գաբու”

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Kumkapı”. Photo: Mister No, CC BY 3.0.