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Silivri
Sign in to saveSilivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 217,163 (2022). It lies along the Sea of Marmara, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. The largest settlement in the district is also named Silivri.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Silivri
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- SilivriPedestrianBridge.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Pedestrian bridge in Silivri
- Turkey place.image_map
- Istanbul location Silivri.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Silivri District in Istanbul Province
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Bora Balcıoğlu
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 858
- Turkey place.population_total
- 217163
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 34570
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 869.51
- Elevation
- 367
- Official website
- www.silivri.bel.tr
- Image
- Silivri Yukarıdan.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 34
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- Commons category
- Silivri
- postal code
- 34570
- urban population
- 209014
- rural population
- 39858
- name in kana
- シリウリ
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient
- Medieval
- Modern
- Composition
- Holiday resort
- Agriculture
- Sports
- High schools
- Health
- Main sights
- People
- International relations
- Twin towns — sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Silivri, formerly Selymbria (Greek: Σηλυμβρία), is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 217,163 (2022). It lies along the Sea of Marmara, outside the urban core of Istanbul, containing many holiday and weekend homes for residents of the city. The largest settlement in the district is also named Silivri.
Silivri is located bordering Büyükçekmece to the east, Çatalca to the north, Çorlu and Marmara Ereğlisi (both districts of Tekirdağ Province) to the west, Çerkezköy to the north-west (one of Tekirdağ Province) and with the Sea of Marmara to the south. It is, with an area of , the second largest district of Istanbul Province after Çatalca. The seat of the district is the city of Silivri.
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