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Kastamonu

central district and city in Kastamonu Province, Turkey
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Summary

Kastamonu is a city[1]. Kastamonu draws 1,294 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #639 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kastamonu Province[3]
  • Country: Turkey[4]
  • Instance of: big city[5], district of Turkey[6], municipality[7]
  • Postal code: 37000[8]
  • Commons category: Kastamonu[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[10], time in Turkey[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Black Sea Region[12]
  • Official website: http://kastamonu.bel.tr[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kastamonu[14]
  • Commons gallery: Kastamonu[15]
  • Population: 137,391[16], 148,931[17], 82,289[18], 152,541[19]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Kastamonu[20]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23]
  • Capital of: Kastamonu vilayet[24]
  • Official name: Kastamonu[25]
  • Category for people born here: Q32756286[26]
  • Native label: Kastamonu[27]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kastamonu[28]
  • Name in kana: カスタモヌ[29]
  • Different from: Kastamonu Province[30]
  • Elevation above sea level: 774 m[31]
  • Area: 1482 km²[32]
  • State of conservation: preserved[33]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Turkey[34], WikiProject Cities[35]
  • Urban population: 51,560[36], 64,606[37], 80,582[38], 80,946[39], 86,085[40], 91,012[41], 93,347[42], 96,217[43], 98,456[44], 103,724[45], 116,737[46], 118,282[47], 28,099[48], 124,018[49]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kastamonu include Kastamonu Airport[50], an airport[51], in Turkey[52].

Why It Matters

Kastamonu has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Kastamonu is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for Kastamonu include Kastamonu Airport[50], an airport[51], in Turkey[52].

Related Entities

city Turkey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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