Local time
Sun, 4:00 AM GMT+3Europe/IstanbulCityProvincial capital
Balikesir
Balıkesir · local name
39.65° N, 27.89° E
- Population
- 261,516
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 29 of 76
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 76 cities of Türkiye in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Türkiye, so this is not a national ranking.
- Province
- Balikesir Province
- Natural Earth marks this city as the capital of a first-level administrative unit; the province is the one whose boundary contains the city.
- Time zone
- Europe/Istanbul
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Practical bearings for Balikesir, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Balikesir have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.