Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Kayseri is GeoNames ID 308464. Its recorded administrative path is Kayseri → Türkiye, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Kayseri occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-14; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Kayseri ranks 335 by recorded population. Inside the 26 selected Türkiye entries it ranks 8; inside the 243 entries in its broad region it ranks 68. Its 1,452,458 population value is 1.83 times the 792,110 median for the country cohort and 1.61 times the 902,588 regional median. Kayseri sits in the second quarter of this atlas's Türkiye population cohort. Kayseri's recorded value is above the country-cohort median but remains below twice that benchmark. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Kayseri's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Adana at 194.661 km with 1,816,750 recorded people; Mersin at 226.109 km with 537,842 recorded people; Gaziantep at 249.61 km with 2,222,415 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 54.949 km. Compared with Adana, Kayseri's recorded population is 0.80 times as large. Against Kayseri, Adana follows Adana → Türkiye in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Türkiye cohort, uses the shared Europe/Istanbul identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Kayseri's. Against Kayseri, Mersin follows Mersin → Türkiye in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Türkiye cohort, uses the shared Europe/Istanbul identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is below Kayseri's. Against Kayseri, Gaziantep follows Gaziantep → Türkiye in the source. Its point has lower latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Türkiye cohort, uses the shared Europe/Istanbul identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Kayseri's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 980 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Kayseri's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 308464, the coordinate pair 38.7322 / 35.4853, country rank 8 of 26, and neighbor GeoNames 325363 at 194.661 km bind Kayseri to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Kayseri's reference point is 38.7322° north and 35.4853° east. The IANA identifier Europe/Istanbul is shared by 26 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Kayseri's row carries a first-order administrative label but no second-order label. Kayseri's point falls in the middle-latitude coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Kayseri's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Kayseri, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Kayseri · GeoNames 308464 · Q48338
- Name scope
- Kayseri · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Kayseri · Türkiye
- Coordinate signature
- 38.7322° N · 35.4853° E
- Population snapshot
- 1,452,458 · atlas rank 335 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Türkiye rank 8 of 26 · median 792,110 · ratio 1.83×
- Regional comparison
- Africa and the Middle East rank 68 of 243 · median 902,588 · ratio 1.61×
- Time-zone cohort
- Europe/Istanbul · 26 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Kayseri · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Adana · 194.661 km · population 1,816,750 · atlas rank 237
- Second reference
- Mersin · 226.109 km · population 537,842 · atlas rank 1,047
- Third reference
- Gaziantep · 249.61 km · population 2,222,415 · atlas rank 176
- Neighbour geometry
- Kayseri · nearest-distance rank 980 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 54.949 km
- Source dates
- Kayseri row updated 2026-04-14 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04