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Eminönü

Eminönü, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of within the district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.
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  • Type: Quarter with 55,500 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Eminoenue”, “Saray”, “Seraglio”, and “Serai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Horn and Hagia Sophia.

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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
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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 .

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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 Galata.

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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.

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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.

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Istanbul's is a modern district north of . Its neighbourhoods of Elmadağ, Nişantaşı, Kurtuluş and Şişli were built up in the early 20th century, then more recently appeared the business district between Mecidiyeköy and Levent-Maslak.

Eminönü

Latitude
41.0175° or 41° 1′ 3″ north
Longitude
28.971° or 28° 58′ 16″ east
Population
55,500
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR EMI
Open location code
8GHC2X9C+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6310508017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
747538
Wiki­data ID
Q1767191
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Eminönü” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Eminonu”
  • Afrikaans: “Eminönü”
  • Arabic: “أمين أونو”
  • Arabic: “إمينونو”
  • Armenian: “Էմինյոնյու”
  • Asturian: “Eminönü”
  • Azerbaijani: “Eminönü”
  • Basque: “Eminonu”
  • Basque: “Eminönü”
  • Belarusian: “Эмінёню”
  • Belarusian: “Эмінэню”
  • Cebuano: “Eminönü”
  • Chinese: “艾米诺努”
  • Chinese: “艾米諾努”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Eminönü”
  • Dutch: “Eminonu”
  • Dutch: “Eminönü”
  • Finnish: “Eminönü”
  • French: “Eminonu”
  • French: “Eminönü”
  • Galician: “Eminönü”
  • German: “Eminönü”
  • Greek: “Εμινονού”
  • Greek: “Εμίνονου”
  • Hindi: “एमिनोनु”
  • Hungarian: “Eminönü”
  • Indonesian: “Eminönü”
  • Irish: “Eminönü”
  • Italian: “Eminonu”
  • Italian: “Eminönü”
  • Japanese: “エミニョニュ”
  • Japanese: “エミニョニュ地区”
  • Japanese: “エミノニュ”
  • Korean: “에미뇌뉘”
  • Latvian: “Eminēnī rajons”
  • Latvian: “Eminēnī”
  • Macedonian: “Еминону”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eminönü”
  • Norwegian: “Eminönü”
  • Ossetian: “Эминёню”
  • Persian: “امینونو”
  • Portuguese: “Eminonu”
  • Portuguese: “Eminonü”
  • Portuguese: “Eminönu”
  • Portuguese: “Eminönü”
  • Romanian: “Eminönü”
  • Russian: “Эминёню”
  • South Azerbaijani: “امین‌اؤنو”
  • Spanish: “Eminonu”
  • Spanish: “Eminonü”
  • Spanish: “Eminönu”
  • Spanish: “Eminönü”
  • Swahili: “Eminönü”
  • Swedish: “Eminönü”
  • Tatar: “Әминөнү”
  • Turkish: “Eminönü”
  • Ukrainian: “Еміненю”
  • Ukrainian: “Еміньоню”
  • Urdu: “امین اونو”
  • Vietnamese: “Eminönü”
  • Welsh: “Eminönü”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایمینونو”

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