Bursa

Bursa is a ceety in northwastren Turkey an the seat o Bursa Province. Wi a population of 1,905,570 (2010),^[2] it is Turkey's fowert lairgest ceety, as well as ane o the maist industrialized metropolitan centers in the kintra.

Bursa
Ceety
Tap left: Ceety centre, Tap richt: Zafer Plaza AVM; Middle left: Irgandı Brig, Middle: Statue o Atatürk, Middle richt: Bursa Clock Touer; Bottom left: Bursa Botanical Pairk, Bottom richt: Ceety centre
Bursa Location o Bursa
Coordinates: 40°11′N 29°04′E / 40.183°N 29.067°E / 40.183; 29.067
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Province	Bursa
Settled	202 BC
Govrenment
• Mayor	Recep Altepe (AKP)
Area
• City	1036 km2 (400 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Ceety	1,905,570
• Density	1508.52/km2 (3,907.0/sq mi)
• Metro	2,605,495
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	1600
Area code(s)	(+90) 224
Licence plate	16
Website	www.bursa.bel.tr

Bursa wis the caipital o the Ottoman State atween 1326 an 1365. The ceety wis referred tae as "Hüdavendigar" (meaning "God's Gift") durin the Ottoman period, while a mair recent nickname is "Yeşil Bursa" (meanin "Green Bursa") in reference tae the pairks an gardens locatit athort its urban tissue, as well as tae the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surroondin region. The ceety is synonymous wi Mount Uludağ which touers ahint its core an which is an aw a famous ski resort. The mausoleums o early the Ottoman sultans are locatit in Bursa an the numerous edifices built throughoot the Ottoman period constitute the ceety's main landmarks. The surroondin fertile plain, its thermal baths, several interestin museums, notably a rich museum o airchaeology, an a rather orderly urban growth are further principal elements that complete Bursa's oweraw pictur.

Karagöz an Hacivat shadow play characters wur historic personalities who livit an are buriet in Bursa. Bursa is an aw hame tae some o the maist famous Turkis dishes such as İskender kebap, specially candiet marron glacés, peaches an lokum. Bursa is hame tae the Uludağ University, an its population attains ane o the heichest oweraw levels o education in Turkey. Athin the Bursa Province, the touns o İznik (Nicaea), Mudanya an Zeytinbağı are especially notable for their lang history an important monuments.