Bursa

Bursa
City
Clockwise from top: Hüdavendigar Park; Green Mosque; Irgandı Bridge and Orhan Gazi Square; nostalgic tram on Cumhuriyet Avenue; Koza Han; and Bursa – Mt. Uludağ gondola lift
Emblem of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°11′N 29°03′E / 40.183°N 29.050°E / 40.183; 29.050
Country	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Province	Bursa
Government
• Mayor	Mustafa Bozbey (CHP)
Area
• City	10,422 km2 (4,024 sq mi)
• Urban	1,290 km2 (500 sq mi)
• Metro	17,806 km2 (6,875 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2021 estimation)[1]
• City	3,101,833
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
• Urban	1,999,998
• Urban density	1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
• Metro	2,161,990
• Metro density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Demonym	Bursalı (Turkish)
GDP [2]
• City	₺ 609 billion US$ 37 billion (2022)
• Per capita	₺ 192,098 US$ 11,591 (2022)
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	16000
Area code	(+90) 224
Licence plate	16
Website	www.bursa.bel.tr
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Bursa and Cumalıkızık: the Birth of the Ottoman Empire
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv, vi
Designated	2014 (38th session)
Reference no.	1452
Region	Europe

Bursa (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈbuɾsa]) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in the Marmara Region, Bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. Most of Turkey's automotive production takes place in Bursa. 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, Yıldırım and Nilüfer) plus Gürsu and Kestel.^[1]

Bursa was the first major and second overall capital of the Ottoman State from 1335 until 1360s. A more recent nickname is Yeşil Bursa ("Green Bursa") referring to the parks and gardens located across the city, as well as to the vast, varied forests of the surrounding region.

Bursa has a 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. Mount Uludağ, known in classical antiquity as the Mysian Olympus or alternatively Bithynian Olympus, towers over the city, and has a well-known ski resort.

The shadow play characters Karagöz and Hacivat are based on historic personalities who lived and died in Bursa in the 14th century.^[3]