Osmangazi
Appearance
Osmangazi | |
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![]() Municipal Hall | |
Nickname: Osmanlıların Kurucusu (The founder of Ottomans) | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Bursa |
County | Bursa |
Municipality | Osmangazi Municipality |
Mayor | Mustafa Dündar |
Charter | 2000 BC |
Area | |
• Total | 33.46 km2 (12.92 sq mi) |
Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 800,345 |
• Density | 2,261/km2 (5,860/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 16x xx |
Area code | 0224 |
Licence plate | 16 |
Website | www.osmangazi.bel.tr |
Osmangazi is the biggest and central city of Bursa Province which is the fourth biggest province in Turkey. With a population of 700.000 (as of 2007) it's the 8th biggest city of Turkey as well.
The district has been shaped by several civilizations: Rome, Byzantium, Seljukians and Ottomans. The first marks of the Ottoman Empire exist within Osmangazi where it extended from the foot of Uluda (Grand-Mountain) to Bursa plain. This is the reason why Bursa is known as “The City of The Sultans” and “The First Capital of the Ottomans”, since the first six Sultans lived here. Within the boundaries of Osmangazi there is the greatest part of the Ottoman city features with approximately 1800 registered historical buildings.
Culture
History
Sister cities
Şeki, Azerbaijan
Stari Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kardzhali, Bulgaria
Omurtag, Bulgaria
Kapsagay, Kazakhstan
Çayır, Kosovo
Mamuşa, Kosovo
Obiliq, Kosovo
Kamenica, Macedonia
Skopje, Macedonia
Umea, Sweden
Taşkent, Turkey
Keles, Turkey
Akşabat, Turkmenistan
Mehmetçik, TRNC
References
- ^ a b "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (xls) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2009-05-09.