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İzmir

İzmir, Türkiye (Turkey), is located along the Aegean, on a bay of the same name, with the metropolitan area extending into the Gediz River delta. The metropolis has a population of 3.9 million1. Its former name was Smyrna. The tallest building is the Izmir Hilton Hotel, at 142 meters and 35 stories.2 Other notable buildings are the Izmir Clock Tower (1901) and the Asansör (Elevator), an elevator to the Jewish Quarter (1907).

YearPopulation1Political entity
2000 CE2,232,265Türkiye (Turkey)

External references

İzmir Clock Tower

Historical maps

map showing Türkiye, Kýpros and Kıbrıs, 2000 CE

Footnotes

1. Census 2000 and calculation 2010, world-gazetteer.com, accessed 8/28 and 9/3/2011. The city proper had 3.8 million.
2. According to emporis.com, accessed 9/3/2011.