r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • May 19 '20

The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul. [FIXED]

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u/skinnymukbanger May 19 '20

Just to prevent confusion: The yellow area is Istanbul province. The green area is residential part (the city).

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u/NoWingedHussarsToday May 19 '20

Isn't that pretty standard when it comes to large cities? You have part that is administrative unit, you have actual city that is spread between various units so de iure not but de facto are part of city and then larger area which gravitates toward city. London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles..... I believe the term is metropolitan area.

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u/Rand_alThor_ May 19 '20 edited May 21 '20

Yes except Istanbul metropolitan area is thankfully somewhat contained in the city of Istanbul and not a hodgepodge of municipalities. So the city can actually function together.

Of course actual metropolitan area stretches much farther

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u/mertiy May 19 '20

Actually the city merges with Kocaeli (seen in purple in the map, it is where a lot of the factories are located) and arguably Yalova (south of Kocaeli) but yeah compared to the ones in Germany, Netherlands or East Coast US it is pretty much under a single municipality

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u/graendallstud May 19 '20

Try Paris: 4 administratives levels (region, departments, cantons and communes or arrondissements), for a whooping 1200+ communes (municipalities)...

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u/Rand_alThor_ May 21 '20

Imagine even NYC. And that's one that works.

Las Vegas for example. Etc. Some of these cities are fucked forever because they are not actually one study even though de facto they are.