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countries. Every year 80.000 new houses
are needed for the city, and almost 1.5 million houses exist.
There are nearly 200.000 commercial facilities in Istanbul.
Approximately 2 million laborers and almost 300.000 civil
servants are working in 7.500 factories in Istanbul. Furthermore,
350.000 people are earn their lives as street sellers. There are
nearly 1.500 banks, 1.000 hotels, 4.500 restaurants, 50.000
cafes and outdoor cafes, 1.800 bakeries and 8.000 green
groceries. It is estimated that there are around 135.000
groceries, 36.000 hairdressers and beauty saloons, 13.000 law
offices and 15.000 doctor offices.
70.000 marriages, 40.000 deaths, 35.000 traffic accidents and
5.000 divorces take place every year. There are 1.200 elementary
schools, 900 high schools and 12 universities in the city. There
are around 150 Islamic and 50 Christian/Jewish graveyards in the
city, where 2.800 mosques, 120 churches and 15
synagogues are active. 70 cinema saloons, 45 theaters,
230 art galleries, 35 museums and 60 public libraries
are directing the intellectual life of Istanbul.
The biggest problem of the city is transportation. 1.5
million vehicles, 800.000 of which are automobiles, are
registered in Istanbul. 900.000 vehicles and 3-5 million
people are in the traffic everyday, along the 3.700 km.
long streets of the city. Around 500 new vehicles join
the traffic everyday. 2.300 municipal buses, 18.000 cabs,
7.000 minibuses, 65 public ferries and 10 fenyboats
supply the transportation in the city. |
