Ankara

Turkey

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of over 5.3 million residents in its urban center, out of 6 million residents in Ankara Province. Ankara is Turkey's second-largest city by population after Istanbul.

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Country: Turkey
Population: 3,716,000
Latitude: 39.93° N
Longitude: 32.86° E

Which way is Ankara from…

From Paris, Ankara lies at 101° to the east, 2,598 km as the crow flies.

Paris	101° east	2,598 km
London	104° east	2,834 km
New York	49° north-east	8,398 km
Madrid	79° east	3,085 km
Rome	91° east	1,721 km
Montreal	51° north-east	8,028 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	341° north	7,156 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Ankara is on the latitude of Beijing, Madrid and New York. From London, you aim east, at 104°, 2,834 km away. From New York, though, a flat map would put it due east, at 91°, while the compass says 49°, north-east: the shortest route curves north before coming back down.