About Balıkesir
Balıkesir is a city in Balikesir, Turkey with a population of 238,151. It is the 59th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 2,415th largest worldwide. It lies 426 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 10
Elevation
139 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
39.649, 27.886
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.