The Most Densely Populated Area in Europe (in Bahçelievler, Istanbul)

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by tobias_681

7 comments

  1. Data is from the Turkish 1km² Census Grid and cross referenced with the 1km² census grid of the EU and the UK census map. The densest 1km² tile in the EU or UK is 56158 people/km² in Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona Metro). The 2nd image shows density based on census data in Istanbul districts. The rest is some streetview snapshots.

    All data from 2021.

    Links:

    * [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B000'03.5%22N+28%C2%B050'25.8%22E/@41.001194,28.8400705,1138m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d41.000957!4d28.840487?entry=ttu)

    * [Turkey Census Grid](https://cip.tuik.gov.tr/)

    * [Istanbul Censusdata](https://www.nufusune.com/istanbul-nufusu)

  2. That’s very surprising. I would’ve expected it to be a place with a lot of high-rises.

  3. The interesting thing is that it doesn’t even look that densely populated, judging only by the pictures. There are no highrise buildings, and the available space isn’t utilized only for residential buildings (there are parks and even a mosque).

    Still, cool post

  5. Looks pretty spacious, actually. I expected it to be a bit more like a Kowloon City situation

  6. I see there are a lot of 3-4 story apartment blocks, I’m assuming in the same household live multiple members of the family because of financial reasons

  7. Turkey is full of this type of residential areas. I lived in one of these and it was a disgusting experience. Things get unbearable when people start celebrating things with drums and loud music on those narrow streets.

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