Area > Comparative
slightly larger than Texas |
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly larger than Texas |
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Area > Land
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770,760 sq km |
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[37th of 238]
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Area > Land (per capita)
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10.721 sq km per 1,000 people |
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[124th of 227]
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Area > Total
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780,580 sq km |
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[43rd of 250]
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Area > Total (per capita)
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10.858 sq km per 1,000 people |
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[128th of 231]
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Area > Water
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9,820 sq km |
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[41st of 239]
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Area > Water (per capita)
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136.592 sq km per million people |
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[88th of 225]
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Capital city with population
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Ankara - 2,890,025 |
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capitals and largest cities > Countries > Cities larger than the capital
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Istanbul |
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Climate
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior |
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Coastline
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7,200 km |
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[25th of 271]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Mount Ararat 5,166 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Mediterranean Sea 0 m |
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Forested Land
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13.3% |
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[135th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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39 00 N, 35 00 E |
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Geography > Note
strategic location controlling the Turkish Straits (Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles) that link Black and Aegean Seas; Mount Ararat, the legendary landing place of Noah's ark, is in the far eastern portion of the country |
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Irrigated land
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52,150 sq km |
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[8th of 196]
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Irrigated land (per capita)
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737.499 sq km per million people |
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[29th of 167]
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Land area > sq. km
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769,630 km²
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[36th of 206]
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Land area > sq. km (per capita)
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10.68 km²
per 1,000 people |
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[114th of 206]
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land border lengths > T-V > Number of neighbours
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8
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[1st of 16]
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land border lengths > T-V > Total Borders
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2,648 km
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[11th of 16]
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Land boundaries > Border countries
Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km |
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Land boundaries > Total
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2,648 km |
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[69th of 166]
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Land boundaries > Total (per capita)
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36.833 km per million people |
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[150th of 164]
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Land use > Arable land
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29.81% |
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[23rd of 258]
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Land use > Other
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66.8% |
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[204th of 258]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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3.39% |
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[66th of 258]
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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 population (per capita)
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0.114 per capita |
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[108th 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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Surface area > sq. km (per capita)
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10.873 km²
per 1,000 people |
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[115th of 207]
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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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