Galata
Galata is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood in Istanbul, which is located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. The district is connected to the historic Fatih district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notably the Galata Bridge.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighbourhood of Beyoğlu on the North side of the Golden Horn, often referred to as Pera in the past
- Also known as: “Karaköy”, “Pera”, “Péra”, “Sycae”, “Πέρα”, “Ґалат”, “Ґалата”, “Пера”, “Пера ин Сика”, “גאלאטה”, “גאלטה”, “גלטה”, “ガラタ地区”, and “加拉達”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Golden Horn and Galata Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bereketzade and Karaköy.
Galata
- Category: locality
- Location: Galata, Istanbul, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
41.02529° or 41° 1′ 31″ north
Longitude
28.97279° or 28° 58′ 22″ east
Elevation
54 metres (177 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TR GTA
Open location code
8GHC2XGF+44
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Galata” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غلطة”
- Armenian: “Գալաթա”
- Belarusian: “Галата”
- Bulgarian: “Галата”
- Catalan: “Gàlata”
- Central Kurdish: “گالاتا”
- Chechen: “Галата”
- Chinese: “加拉塔”
- Czech: “Galata”
- Dimli (individual language): “Galata”
- Dutch: “Galata”
- Finnish: “Galata”
- French: “Galata”
- German: “Galata”
- Greek: “Γαλατάς”
- Hebrew: “גלאטה”
- Indonesian: “Galata”
- Irish: “Galata”
- Italian: “Galata”
- Japanese: “ガラタ”
- Kabyle: “Galata”
- Kazakh: “Galata”
- Kazakh: “Галата”
- Kazakh: “گالاتا”
- Korean: “갈라타”
- Ladino: “Galata”
- Latvian: “Galata”
- Ligurian: “Galata”
- Macedonian: “Галата”
- Madurese: “Galata”
- N'Ko: “ߜ߭ߟߊߕߊ߫”
- Northern Frisian: “Galata (Türkei)”
- Northern Frisian: “Galata”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Galata”
- Norwegian: “Galata”
- Ossetian: “Галата”
- Persian: “گالاتا”
- Polish: “Galata”
- Portuguese: “Gálata”
- Romanian: “Galata, Istanbul”
- Romanian: “Galata”
- Russian: “Галата”
- Serbian: “Galata”
- Serbian: “Галата”
- Slovenian: “Galata”
- Spanish: “Gálata”
- Swedish: “Galata”
- Tatar: “Галата”
- Turkish: “Galata”
- Ukrainian: “Галата”
- Urdu: “غلطہ”
- Urdu: “گالاتا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kuledibi and Emekyemez.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Galatower Hotel and Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
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