Altıeylül
Altıeylül is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 183,736. The district was established in 2012, when Balıkesir Province was declared a metropolitan municipality as a part of the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 185,000 residents
- Description: district of Balıkesir, northwestern Turkey
- Also known as: “6eylül”, “Altieyluel Ilcesi”, “Altıeylül district”, and “Balıkesir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium and Museum of the Nationalist Forces in Balıkesir.
Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Ollios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Balıkesir, Turkey. The stadium holds 15,800 all-seater and was built in 1973 and re-built in 2010.
Museum of the Nationalist Forces in Balıkesir
Museum
Photo: Ollios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museum of the Nationalist Forces in Balıkesir is a museum in Balıkesir, Turkey, dedicated to the irregular Kuva-yi Milliye formed as part of the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence.
Zagan Pasha Mosque
Mosque
Zagan Pasha Mosque is a historic mosque in Balıkesir, northwest Turkey. It is known as the place, where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk delivered his famous "Balıkesir Khutbah" in 1923.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balıkesir and Karesi.
Balıkesir
Photo: Berkaysnklf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balıkesir is a city in the Southern Marmara Region of Turkey, which in 2020 had a population of 662,199. It's mostly modern but has several old mosques.
Karesi
Town
Karesi is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, Turkey. Its area is 695 km2, and its population is 187,362. The district was established in 2012, when Balıkesir Province was declared a metropolitan municipality as a part of the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation.
Altıeylül
- Categories: district of Turkey and locality
- Location: Balıkesir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
39.6446° or 39° 38′ 41″ northLongitude
27.8834° or 27° 53′ 0″ eastPopulation
185,000Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)Open location code
8GF9JVVM+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2802953296OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
9538520Wikidata ID
Q16028029
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Altıeylül” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Altıeylül (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Altıeylül”
- Cebuano: “Altıeylül İlçesi”
- Chechen: “Алтиейлуьл”
- German: “Altıeylül”
- Irish: “Altıeylül”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altıeylül”
- Norwegian: “Altıeylül”
- Serbian: “Алтиејлул”
- Tatar: “Алтыэйлүл”
- Turkish: “Altıeylül”
- Uzbek: “Akarsu”
- Vietnamese: “Altıeylül”
- “Altıeylül ilçesi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Altı Eylül and Eski Kuyumcular.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kurtdereli Kapalı Spor Salonu and Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu Balıkesir Bölge Müdürlüğü.
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