Yıldırım, Bursa

Yıldırım is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 110 km2,[3] and its population is 655,856 (2022).[1] It covers part of the city centre of Bursa. Founded in 1987, it was named after Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, whose nickname was Yıldırım ("thunderbolt" in Turkish).

The scenery of Bursa from Uludağ with the old aerial tramway
Yıldırım
District and municipality
Map showing Yıldırım District in Bursa Province
Map showing Yıldırım District in Bursa Province
Yıldırım is located in Turkey
Yıldırım
Yıldırım
Location in Turkey
Yıldırım is located in Marmara
Yıldırım
Yıldırım
Yıldırım (Marmara)
Coordinates: 40°06′36″N 29°04′56″E
CountryTurkey
ProvinceBursa
Government
 • MayorOktay Yılmaz (AKP)
Area
110 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
655,856
 • Density6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Time zoneTRT (UTC+3)
Area code0224
Websitewww.yildirim.bel.tr
Districts of Bursa City
Bursa Uludağ Gondola
km
MASL
in m
0.0
 Teferrüç, Bursa
395
2.2
 Kadıyayla, Uludağ
1,230
2.3
 Sarıalan Yaylası, Uludağ
1,630
4.3
 Oteller, Uludağ
1,870

It is at the foot of Mt. Uludağ, at 150–155 metres in elevation. Kestel and Gürsu are to its west, and the flat lands of Demirtaş, a subdistrict of Osmangazi, are to its north. The Bursa-Ankara highway passes through it. With Osmangazi and Nilüfer, Yıldırım covers the Bursa agglomeration.

The Bursa Uludağ Aerial Lift (Turkish: Teleferik, pictured to the right) is an aerial lift serving Mt. Uludağ. Built by the Swiss company Von Roll Holding and opened on 29 October 1963, the aerial tramway was replaced in 2013 by a modern and much bigger capacity gondola lift system by Leitner Group of Italy.[4]

Yıldırım is one of Turkey's important textile production centers.[5] With a population of 629,702 at the 2000 census, it is also one of Turkey's most populated areas; 30% of Bursa's population lives in the Yıldırım district.

Historical places

Composition

There are 71 neighbourhoods in Yıldırım District:[6]

  • 152 Evler
  • Akçağlayan
  • Anadolu
  • Arabayatağı
  • Bağlaraltı
  • Balaban
  • Baruthane
  • Beyazıt
  • Çelebi Mehmet
  • Çınarönü
  • Cumalıkızık
  • Davutdede
  • Davutkadı
  • Değirmenlikızık
  • Değirmenönü
  • Demetevler
  • Duaçınarı
  • Eğitim
  • Emirsultan
  • Erikli
  • Ertuğrulgazi
  • Esenevler
  • Fidyekızık
  • Güllük
  • Hacıseyfettin
  • Hacıvat
  • Hamamlıkızık
  • Hocataşkın
  • İsabey
  • Kaplıkaya
  • Karaağaç
  • Karamazak
  • Karapınar
  • Kazımkarabekir
  • Kurtoğlu
  • Maltepe
  • Mehmet Akif Ersoy
  • Mevlana
  • Meydancık
  • Millet
  • Mimarsinan
  • Mollaarap
  • Musababa
  • Namazgah
  • Ortabağlar
  • Piremir
  • Sakarya
  • Samanlı
  • Selçukbey
  • Selimzade
  • Sinandede
  • Sıracevizler
  • Şirinevler
  • Siteler
  • Şükraniye
  • Teferrüç
  • Ulus
  • Umurbey
  • Vakıf
  • Vatan
  • Yavuzselim
  • Yediselviler
  • Yenimahalle
  • Yeşil
  • Yeşilyayla
  • Yetmişbeşinciyıl
  • Yiğitler
  • Yıldırım
  • Yunusemre
  • Zeyniler
  • Zümrütevler

References
  1. "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  2. Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. "Construction of the world's longest monocable gondola lift in Bursa". Leitner Ropeways. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  5. Gazete, Banka (17 November 2021). "Yıldırım Belediyesi'nden tekstile 'nitelikli' destek". Gazetebanka.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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