Karesi

Karesi 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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 185,000 residents
  • Description: district and town of Balıkesir, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Karesi, Balıkesir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Umurbey Mosque and Balıkesir railway station.

Mosque
Photo: Karakalem, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Railway station
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Balıkesir station is the main railway station in , . The station was built in 1912 by the Smyrna Cassaba Railway as part of their railway from to .

Museum
Photo: Ollios, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum in , Turkey, dedicated to the irregular Kuva-yi Milliye formed as part of the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balıkesir and Altıeylül.

Photo: Berkaysnklf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

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.

Village
Photo: Lord Leatherface, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of of in Turkey. Its population is 1,428. is situated 7 km southwest of Karesi.

Karesi

Latitude
39.64642° or 39° 38′ 47″ north
Longitude
27.88534° or 27° 53′ 7″ east
Population
185,000
Open location code
8GF9JVWP+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2802953297
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Wiki­data ID
Q16852358
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Karesi” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Karesi (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Karesi”
  • Chechen: “Кареси”
  • German: “Karesi”
  • Irish: “Karesi”
  • Lithuanian: “Karesis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karesi”
  • Norwegian: “Karesi”
  • Persian: “کارسی”
  • Russian: “Кареси”
  • Serbian: “Кареси”
  • Tatar: “Кареси”
  • Turkish: “Karesi, Balıkesir”
  • Turkish: “Karesi”
  • “Karesi”

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