Biggest Cities of Ottoman Europe in 1683 with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Ottoman Empire in Europe with an estimated population of over 5,000 at its peak in 1683?

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Population figures are (mostly) based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh and 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.

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Population	City
750k	Constantinople (Istanbul)
100k	Adrianople (Edirne)
50k	Bucharest
45k	Üsküb (Skopje)
40k	Dar al-Jihad (Belgrade)
40k	Selanik (Thessaloniki)
30k	İzmail (Izmail)
30k	Sofya (Sofia)
27k	Filibe (Plovdiv)
27k	Serez (Serres)
26k	Rusçuk (Ruse)
24k	Bağçasaray (Bakhchysarai)
24k	Silistre (Silistra)
23k	İşkodra (Shkodër)
23k	Kefe (Feodosia)
22k	Prizren
20k	Saraybosna (Sarajevo)
20k	Debrecen
20k	Iași
20k	Târgoviște
18k	Gelibolu
16k	Yanya (Ioannina)
15k	İslimiye (Sliven)

Population	City
15k	Yeni Pazar (Novi Pazar)
14k	Vidin
13k	Athens
13k	Budin (Buda, Budapest)
13k	Kandiye (Heraklion)
13k	İskopol (Moscopole)
12k	Brassó (Brasov)
12k	Şumnu (Shumen)
11k	Eski Zağra (Stara Zagora)
11k	Varna
11k	Yenişehir (Larissa)
10k	Hermannstadt (Sibiu)
10k	Köprü Hisar (Mostar)
10k	Manastır (Bitola)
10k	Temeşvar (Timișoara)
9k	Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca)
8k	Banaluka (Banja Luka)
8k	Ergiri (Gjirokastër)
8k	İbrail (Brăila)
8k	Niş (Niš)
8k	Yakova (Gjakova)
7k	Anabolı (Nafplio)
7k	Ballıbadira (Patras)

Population	City
7k	Ösek (Osijek)
7k	Öziçe (Užice)
7k	Sakız (Chios)
7k	Selmecbánya (Banská Štiavnica)
6k	Akkerman (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi)
6k	Belgrad-i Arnavud (Berat)
6k	Lofça (Lovech)
6k	Pançova (Pančevo)
6k	Suceava
6k	Tırnova (Veliko Tarnovo)
5k	Bender
5k	Debre-i Bâlâ (Debar)
5k	İpek (Peja)
5k	Kamaniçe (Kamianets-Podilskyi)
5k	Keçkemet (Kecskemét)
5k	Kremnica
5k	Köstendil (Kyustendil)
5k	Ohri (Ohrid)
5k	Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
5k	Razgrad
5k	Semendire (Smederevo)
5k	Virşaç (Vršac)

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