title: Nilüfer, Bursa
text: Nilüfer is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 552 km2, and its population is 536,365 (2022). Established in 1987, it is one of the seventeen districts of Bursa Province. It is established as the main residential development area of Bursa in order to meet the housing needs as well as industrial and commercial structures.
  
  Name origin
  The name of the district comes from Nilüfer River that passes through the district. Besides that also the name of the river comes from Nilüfer Hatun. According to traditional stories, Nilüfer Hatun ordered the building of a bridge over a river in Bursa and after the completion of bridge, both the river and the bridge were named "Nilüfer".
  
  History
  Nilüfer district hosting the first settlement in Bursa Region as per some researchers, bears the traces of both Byzantine and Ottoman and the older periods in history. In Nilüfer; Tepecik Tumulus, Gölyazı and Tahtalı villages in Alaaddinbey Neighborhood and Aktopraklık Tumulus and Gölyazı islands region in Akçalar district are rich in historical findings. There are ruins of churches, mosques, baths, fountains, monasteries and castles in these regions together with historical remains and monument trees.
  
  There are many historical structures scattered in different parts of Nilüfer. Mosques, bridges and baths from Ottoman region and church ruins remained from various times. Some of them are: H. Ioannes Theologos Church in Çatalağıl village, Saint Helena Church in Özlüce Neighborhood, Demirci Mosque, Yaylacık Mosque, Mihraplı Bridge. Also Misi village and Gölyazı district are the richest ancient settlement areas in Nilüfer. The history of the district goes back to 6th century B.C.
  
  Population
  Due to being a new residential development area, Nilüfer has a high population growth rate with respect to other places.
  
  Composition
  There are 64 neighbourhoods in Nilüfer District:
  
   19 Mayıs
   23 Nisan
   29 Ekim
   30 Ağustos Zafer
   Ahmetyesevi
   Akçalar
   Alaaddinbey
   Altınşehir
   Ataevler
   Atlas
   Ayvaköy
   Badırga
   Balat
   Balkan
   Barış
   Başköy
   Beşevler
   Büyükbalıklı
   Çalı 
   Çamlıca
   Çatalağıl
   Çaylı
   Cumhuriyet
   Dağyenice
   Demirci
   Doğanköy
   Dumlupınar
   Ertuğrul
   Esentepe
   Fadıllı
   Fethiye
   Gökçe
   Gölyazı
   Görükle
   Gümüştepe
   Güngören
   Hasanağa
   İhsaniye
   İnegazi
   İrfaniye
   Işıktepe
   Kadriye
   Karacaoba
   Karaman
   Kayapa
   Kızılcıklı
   Konak
   Konaklı
   Korubaşı
   Kültür
   Kurtuluş
   Kuruçeşme
   Maksempınarı
   Minareliçavuş
   Odunluk
   Özlüce
   Tahtalı
   Üçevler
   Üçpınar
   Unçukuru
   Ürünlü
   Yaylacık
   Yolçatı
   Yüzüncüyıl
  
  Climate
  The weather of district shows characteristics of Marmara climatic region. While, the hottest month of the year is July, the coldest month is February. The rainy weather can be seen mostly in winter and spring time. The annual average precipitation is about 500–700 mm. The humidity in district is about 58% in average.
  
  Industry
  Nilüfer comes first among the districts of Bursa in terms of the economical contribution it provides to Turkey. Because, Bursa Organized Industry Area, Nilüfer Organized Industry area and Beşevler Small Industry Site, which provide employment opportunities for a great amount of Bursa population take place within the borders of Nilüfer. There are many other industry areas and business centers in Çalı, Kayapa, Hasanağa, Akçalar and Görükle under the body of Nilüfer. Nilüfer provides employment opportunities to 80% of Bursa population and derives great income for Turkey. The most important sectors within the district are textile, automotive, machine, spare parts and related industry products.
  
  Cultural activities
  The cultural activities in district are organized mainly by Nilüfer Municipality. The Municipality provides several hobby and art classes in several activities, such as; drawing, sculpture, acting, photographing, ornament design, ebru, mosaic etc. Also several plays, concerts, exhibitions and conferences are performed every year in culture centers (such as Konak Kültürevi, Uğur Mumcu Sahnesi, and Nâzım Hikmet Kültürevi) of the municipality. In summer time, several open-air public concerts are given by different musicians as a part of two summer festivals organized by Uludag University and Nilüfer Municipality. Also there are several local, traditional festivals held by villagers and other small communities in district. Most of them originate from traditional harvest festivals.
  
  Sports
  In 2014, the Minareliçavuş Spor Tesisleri was opened consisting of two football fields. It is home to Yeşil Bursa AŞ playing in the TFF Third League.
  
  Main sights
   Misi Village
   Gölyazı District
   Mihraplı Bridge
   H. Ioannes Theologos Church
   Nilüfer Bridge
   Demirci Mosque
   Uluabat Lake
   Ayvaini Cave
   Saint Helena Church
  
  Twin Cities and Partnerships
  Nilüfer Municipality is twinned with;
  Ardino, Bulgaria
  Braila, Romania
  Nizami, Azerbaijan
  Mykolayiv, Ukraine
  Cerro, Cuba
  Tōkai, Aichi, Japan 
  Gazimağusa, Northern Cyprus
  Umea, Sweden
  Kekava, Latvia
  Peja, Kosovo
  Serres, Greece
  Lublin, Poland
  Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria
  Chalette-sur-Loing, France
  Hanau, Germany
  Asenovgrad, Bulgaria
  Adalar, İstanbul, Turkey
  Dinar, Afyon, Turkey
  Kırklareli, Turkey
  Tuzlukçu, Konya, Turkey
  Vezirhan, Bilecik, Turkey
  Tut, Adıyaman, Turkey
  
  Nilüfer Municipality has also partnership agreements with;
  Balatonfüred, Hungary
  Braslav, Belarus
  Veria, Greece
  
  References
  
  External links
   Nilüfer Municipality 
   Nilüfer Photos
  
   
  Populated places in Bursa Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
  Districts of Bursa Province