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Location attributes
Official Name
Istanbul
Geoname ID
745044
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Currency
Location
Previous Name
Constantinople
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Istanbul is a transcontinental city, straddling the Bosphorus strait in northwestern Turkey between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Founded on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BC as Byzantium, the city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history.
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