Istanbul
About Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical center. With a population of over 15 million, it is home to 18% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the largest cities in Europe and in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus – one of the world's busiest waterways – in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of 5,461 square kilometers (2,109 mi2) is coterminous with Istanbul Province.
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Istanbul is famously a city spread across two continents, Europe and Asia, said to be the only such city in the world.
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More facts about Istanbul
The Bosphorus at Istanbul was, according to Herodotus, first crossed by Darius in 513 BC on a pontoon bridge, and Turkey did not get its first permanent bridge across it until 1973.
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