Balıkesir

Balıkesir is a city in the Region of Turkey, which in 2020 had a population of 662,199. It's mostly modern but has several old mosques.
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  • Type: City with 1,200,000 residents
  • Description: city in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Adrianouthērai”, “Bali-Kessir”, “Balikesir”, “Balikesr”, “Balukisu”, “Belikesir”, “Belikiser”, and “Karassi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Balıkesir Atatürk Stadium and Museum of the Nationalist Forces in Balıkesir.

Stadium
Photo: Ollios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in Balıkesir, . The stadium holds 15,800 all-seater and was built in 1973 and re-built in 2010.

Museum
Photo: Ollios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Mosque
Photo: Karakalem, CC BY 4.0.
is a historic 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 Karesi and Altıeylül.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . 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.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . 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.

Balıkesir

Latitude
39.6474° or 39° 38′ 51″ north
Longitude
27.888° or 27° 53′ 17″ east
Population
1,200,000
Elevation
139 metres (456 feet)
IATA airport code
BZI
United Nations Location Code
TR BZI
Open location code
8GF9JVWQ+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25869582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
322165
Wiki­data ID
Q199723
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Wu Chinese—“Balıkesir” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Балықесир”
  • Albanian: “Ballëkesir”
  • Arabic: “بالِق أسير”
  • Arabic: “بالي قصر”
  • Armenian: “Բալըքեսիր”
  • Asturian: “Balıkesir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balıkəsir”
  • Basque: “Balıkesir”
  • Belarusian: “Балыкесір”
  • Bengali: “বালিকেশির”
  • Breton: “Balıkesir”
  • Bulgarian: “Балъкесир”
  • Catalan: “Achyraus”
  • Catalan: “Adrianoteres”
  • Catalan: “Balikesir”
  • Catalan: “Balikesri”
  • Catalan: “Balıkesir”
  • Catalan: “Hadrianutherae”
  • Cebuano: “Balıkesir (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Balıkesir”
  • Chechen: “Баликесир”
  • Chinese: “Balıkesir”
  • Chinese: “巴勒克埃西尔”
  • Chinese: “巴勒克埃西爾”
  • Czech: “Balıkesir”
  • Danish: “Balıkesir”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Balıkesir”
  • Dutch: “Balikesir”
  • Dutch: “Balıkesir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بالق اسير”
  • Esperanto: “Balıkesir”
  • Estonian: “Balıkesir”
  • Finnish: “Balikesir”
  • Finnish: “Balıkesir”
  • French: “Balikesir”
  • French: “Balıkesir”
  • Gagauz: “Balıkesir”
  • Georgian: “ბალიქესირი”
  • German: “Balikesir”
  • German: “Balıkesir”
  • Gilaki: “باليکسير”
  • Greek: “Μπαλικεσίρ”
  • Greek: “Μπαλίκεσιρ”
  • Greek: “Παλαιοκάστρου”
  • Gujarati: “બાલિકેસિર”
  • Hebrew: “באליקסיר”
  • Hebrew: “בליקסיר”
  • Hebrew: “בלקסיר”
  • Hindi: “बलिकेसिर”
  • Hindi: “बालिकेसिर”
  • Hungarian: “Balıkesir”
  • Indonesian: “Balıkesir”
  • Irish: “Balıkesir”
  • Italian: “Balikesir”
  • Italian: “Balıkesir”
  • Japanese: “Balıkesir”
  • Japanese: “バルケスィル”
  • Kannada: “ಬಲಿಕೇಶೀರ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬಾಲಿಖಸಿರ್”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Akarere ka Balıkesir”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Balıkesir”
  • Korean: “발르케시르”
  • Korean: “발리케시르”
  • Latvian: “Balikesira”
  • Lithuanian: “Balikesiras”
  • Lithuanian: “Balikesyras”
  • Lithuanian: “Balykesiras”
  • Macedonian: “Баликесир”
  • Malay: “Balikesir”
  • Malay: “Balıkesir”
  • Marathi: “बालिकेसर”
  • Mazanderani: “بالیکسیر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Balıkesir”
  • Minangkabau: “Balıkesir”
  • Nauru: “Balıkesir”
  • Northern Luri: “بالیکسیر”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balıkesir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balikesir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balıkesir”
  • Norwegian: “Balıkesir”
  • Ossetian: “Балыкесир”
  • Persian: “بالک حصار”
  • Persian: “بالک‌حصار”
  • Persian: “بالیکسیر”
  • Polish: “Balikesir”
  • Polish: “Balıkesir”
  • Portuguese: “Achiraum”
  • Portuguese: “Achyraus”
  • Portuguese: “Anchiraois”
  • Portuguese: “Anchirau”
  • Portuguese: “Ancire”
  • Portuguese: “Ancyre”
  • Portuguese: “Anquirau”
  • Portuguese: “Aquirau”
  • Portuguese: “Balequessir”
  • Portuguese: “Baliquesir”
  • Portuguese: “Balıkesir”
  • Portuguese: “Hadrianutera”
  • Portuguese: “Hadrianutherae”
  • Portuguese: “Palaeokastron”
  • Portuguese: “Paleocastro”
  • Romanian: “Balikesir”
  • Romanian: “Balıkesir”
  • Russian: “Балыкесир”
  • Scots: “Balıkesir”
  • Serbian: “Balikesir”
  • Serbian: “Balıkesir”
  • Serbian: “Баликесир”
  • Serbian: “Балукесир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Balıkesir”
  • Silesian: “Balıkesir”
  • Sinhala: “බාලිකෙසීර්”
  • Slovenian: “Balıkesir”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالیق‌اسیر”
  • Spanish: “Balikesir”
  • Spanish: “Balıkesir”
  • Swahili: “Balıkesir”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Balıkesir”
  • Swedish: “Balikesir”
  • Swedish: “Balıkesir”
  • Swedish: “Karesi”
  • Tajik: “Баликесир”
  • Tajik: “Боликесир”
  • Tamil: “பெலிகேசர்”
  • Tatar: “Балыкесир”
  • Telugu: “బాలికీజియర్”
  • Thai: “บาลิกกีเซอ”
  • Turkish: “Balıkesir merkez”
  • Turkish: “Balıkesir”
  • Udmurt: “Балыкесир”
  • Ukrainian: “Баликесір”
  • Ukrainian: “Баликєсір”
  • Urdu: “بالق اسیر”
  • Urdu: “بالیکسیر”
  • Uzbek: “Baliqesir”
  • Venetian: “Balıkesir”
  • Vietnamese: “Balikesir”
  • Vietnamese: “Balıkesir”
  • Volapük: “Balıkesir”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balıkesir”
  • Western Mari: “Балыкесир”
  • Western Panjabi: “بالیکسیر”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴勒克埃西尔”

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