Place:Bursa, Bursa, Turkey

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NameBursa
Alt namesBrusasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) II, 666
Prusasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) II, 666
Prusa ad Olympiumsource: Blue Guide: Turkey (1989); GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) p 10090
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates40.2°N 29.067°E
Located inBursa, Turkey
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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As of 2019, the Metropolitan Province was home to 3,056,120 inhabitants, 2,161,990 of whom lived in the 3 city urban districts (Osmangazi, Yildirim and Nilufer) plus Gursu and Kestel, largely conurbated.

Bursa was the first major and second overall capital of the Ottoman State between 1335 and 1363. The city was referred to as (meaning "God's gift" in Ottoman Turkish, a name of Persian origin) during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is ("") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban fabric, as well as to the vast and richly varied forests of the surrounding region. Mount Uludağ, the ancient Mysian Olympus, towers over it, and has a well-known ski resort. Bursa has rather orderly urban growth and borders a fertile plain. The mausoleums of the early Ottoman sultans are located in Bursa, and the city's main landmarks include numerous edifices built throughout the Ottoman period. Bursa also has thermal baths, old Ottoman mansions, palaces, and several museums.

The shadow play characters Karagöz and Hacivat are based on historic personalities who lived and died in Bursa in the 14th century.

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