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Bolu
Bolu · Turkey
City population
184,682
#70
in Turkey
#1
in Bolu
#3,121
worldwide
40.736, 31.606 · 139 km from Ankara
About Bolu
Bolu is a city in Bolu, Turkey with a population of 184,682. It is the 70th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 3,121st largest worldwide. It lies 139 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Bolu
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
733 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
40.736, 31.606
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.