Istanbul:
- is the largest city in Turkey and 5th largest city proper in the world with a population of 13 million
- is a megacity, as well as the cultural, economic, and financial centre of Turkey
- covers 39 districts of the Istanbul province
- located on the Bosphorus Strait and encompasses the natural harbour known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country
- extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) sides of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world that is situated on two continents
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