Area > Comparative
slightly larger than Texas |
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Capital city with population
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Ankara - 2,890,025 |
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Forested Land
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13.3% |
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[135th of 193]
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Land use > Other
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66.8 %
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[201st of 241]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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3.39 %
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[67th of 241]
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Largest city
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Istanbul |
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Largest city population
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7,911,000 |
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[16th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Istanbul - 8,803,468 |
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Location
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria |
Map references
Middle East |
Natural hazards
severe earthquakes, especially in northern Turkey, along an arc extending from the Sea of Marmara to Lake Van |
Natural resources
coal, iron ore, copper, chromium, antimony, mercury, gold, barite, borate, celestite (strontium), emery, feldspar, limestone, magnesite, marble, perlite, pumice, pyrites (sulfur), clay, arable land, hydropower |
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northernmost point > Latitude
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42°06'N |
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Population density
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85.11 people per sqkm |
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[106th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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93.64 people/m²
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[91st of 204]
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Precipitation
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697 mm |
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[51st of 95]
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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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98.89 people/km² of arable lan |
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[56th of 188]
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Surface area > sq. km
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783,560 km²
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[36th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Mount Ararat |
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Terrain
high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges |
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