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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Areas of Istanbul' has mentioned 'World' in the following places:
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[4] Istanbul is the most populous city in Europe,[b] and the world's fifteenth-largest city. | WIKI |
Over 13.4 million foreign visitors came to Istanbul in 2018, eight years after it was named a European Capital of Culture, making the city the world's fifth-most popular tourist destination. | WIKI |
The importance of Constantinople in the Ottoman world was also reflected by its Ottoman nickname Der Saadet meaning the "Gate to Prosperity" in Ottoman Turkish. | WIKI |
[48][49] Numerous churches were built across the city, including Hagia Sophia which was built during the reign of Justinian the Great and remained the world's largest cathedral for a thousand years. | WIKI |
[49] During most of the Middle Ages, the latter part of the Byzantine era, Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest city on the European continent and at times the largest in the world. | WIKI |
Originally a church, later a mosque, the 6th-century Hagia Sophia (532xe2x80x93537) by Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral (1507) in Spain. | WIKI |
As with virtually every part of the world, climate change is causing more heatwaves,[116] droughts,[117] storms,[118] and flooding[119][120] in Istanbul. | WIKI |
[152] The Hagia Sophia stood as the world's largest cathedral in the world until it was converted into a mosque in the 15th century. | WIKI |
Throughout most of its history, Istanbul has ranked among the largest cities in the world. | WIKI |
By 500 CE, Constantinople had somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 people, edging out its predecessor, Rome, for the world's largest city. | WIKI |
[178] Constantinople jostled with other major historical cities, such as Baghdad, Chang'an, Kaifeng and Merv for the position of the world's largest city until the 12th century. | WIKI |
It never returned to being the world's largest, but remained the largest city in Europe from 1500 to 1750, when it was surpassed by London. | WIKI |
Istanbul ranks as the seventh-largest city proper in the world, and the second-largest urban agglomeration in Europe, after Moscow. | WIKI |
Istanbul became one of the world's most important Jewish centers in the 16th and 17th century. | WIKI |
[211][212] Providing the only sea route to the Black Sea, the Bosporus is the world's busiest waterway that is used for international navigation. | WIKI |
Istanbul had the eleventh-largest economy among the world's urban areas in 2018, and is responsible for 30 percent of Turkey's industrial output,[213] 31 percent of GDP,[213] and 47 percent of tax revenues. | WIKI |
The Bosporus, providing the only passage from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, is the world's busiest and narrowest strait used for international navigation, with more than 200 million tons of oil passing through it each year. | WIKI |
[222] Whereas 2.4xc2xa0million foreigners visited the city in 2000,[citation needed] there were 13.4 million foreign tourists in 2018, making Istanbul the world's fifth most-visited city. | WIKI |
[234] Istanbul and its picturesque skyline have also served as a backdrop for several foreign films, including From Russia with Love (1963), Topkapi (1964), The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Mission Istaanbul (2008). | WIKI |
Coinciding with this cultural reemergence was the establishment of the Istanbul Festival, which began showcasing a variety of art from Turkey and around the world in 1973. | WIKI |
The Grand Bazaar is one of the largest covered markets in the world. | WIKI |
The Grand Bazaar, in operation since 1461, is among the world's oldest and largest covered markets. | WIKI |
Akmerkez was awarded the titles of "Europe's best" and "World's best" shopping mall by the International Council of Shopping Centers in 1995 and 1996; Istanbul Cevahir has been one of the continent's largest since opening in 2005; Kanyon won the Cityscape Architectural Review Award in the Commercial Built category in 2006. | WIKI |
[239] xc4xb0stinye Park in xc4xb0stinye and Zorlu Center near Levent are among the newest malls which include the stores of the world's top fashion brands. | WIKI |
The Sinan Erdem Dome, among the largest indoor arenas in Europe, hosted the final of the 2010 FIBA World Championship, the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, as well as the 2011xe2x80x9312 Euroleague and 2016xe2x80x9317 EuroLeague Final Fours. | WIKI |
The TVF Burhan Felek Sport Hall is one of the major volleyball arenas in the city and hosts clubs such as Eczacxc4xb1baxc5x9fxc4xb1 VitrA, Vakxc4xb1fbank SK, and Fenerbahxc3xa7e who have won numerous European and World Championship titles. | WIKI |
Istanbul was occasionally a venue of the F1 Powerboat World Championship, with the last race on the Bosphorus strait on 12xe2x80x9313 August 2000. | WIKI |
The last race of the Powerboat P1 World Championship on the Bosphorus took place on 19xe2x80x9321 June 2009. | WIKI |
Four public universities with a major presence in the city, Boxc4x9fazixc3xa7i University, Galatasaray University, Istanbul Technical University (the world's third-oldest university dedicated entirely to engineering), Istanbul University provide education in English (all but Galatasaray University) and French. | WIKI |
[298] Turkey has more hospitals accredited by the U.S.-based Joint Commission than any other country in the world, with most concentrated in its big cities. | WIKI |
[311][312] The Txc3xbcnel opened in 1875 as the world's second-oldest subterranean rail line (after London's Metropolitan Railway). | WIKI |
[321][322] With additional destinations around the Sea of Marmara, xc4xb0DO runs the largest municipal ferry operation in the world. | WIKI |
Dominated by low-cost carriers, Istanbul's second airport has rapidly become popular, especially since the opening of a new international terminal in 2009;[339] the airport handled 14.7 million passengers in 2012, a year after Airports Council International named it the world's fastest-growing airport. | WIKI |
[340][341] Atatxc3xbcrk had also experienced rapid growth, as its 20.6 percent rise in passenger traffic between 2011 and 2012 was the highest among the world's top 30 airports. | WIKI |
It handled 61.3 million passengers in 2015, which made it the third-busiest airport in Europe and the eighteenth-busiest in the world in that year. | WIKI |