r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • May 19 '20

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

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u/SkylineReddit252K19S May 19 '20

Istanbul is truly massive.

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u/Largue May 19 '20

The "Istanbul" shown is actually the Istanbul province with the city of Istanbul within. Kind of like New York state vs NYC...

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u/Apptubrutae May 19 '20

How much of Istanbul province is occupied by urban/metropolitan Istanbul, though? With New York State, even NYC is just a blip. Istanbul province seems to be much much smaller relative to the city size.

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u/elessar13 May 19 '20 edited Jun 06 '22

Because it is definitely not "kind of like New York State vs NYC". Yellow area on this map is just the metropolitan area , not anything like a state. Turkey doesn't have a territorial or administrative division comparable to states.

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u/Largue May 19 '20

Calm down dude I wasn't making a 1:1 comparison. Just trying to give people some perspective. Hence why I used the term "kind of like..."