Kocaeli Province


Kocaeli Province is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli. Its area is, and its population is 2,102,907. The province is the successor of the Ottoman-era Sanjak of Kocaeli. The largest towns in the province are İzmit and Gebze. The traffic code is 41.
The province is located at the easternmost end of the Sea of Marmara around the Gulf of İzmit. Kocaeli is bordered by the province of Istanbul and the Marmara Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, the province of Sakarya to the east, the province of Bursa to the south and the province of Yalova to the southwest. The metropolitan area of Istanbul extends to the Kocaeli-Istanbul provincial border.
The size and natural conditions of the Bay of İzmit allow for extensive port facilities, including the Gölcük Naval Base. The province is called the industrial capital of Turkey. Kocaeli has an airport named Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station which is used for military and civilian transport. Kocaeli has three universities: Kocaeli University, Gebze Technical University and Kocaeli Health and Technology University.
WWW kocaeli.gov.tr

Districts

Kocaeli province is divided into 12 districts:

Demographics

Data taken from Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and Central Dissemination System. The information is for December 31 of each year.
District2009201020112012201320142015
Kocaeli1,522,4081,560,1381,601,7201,634,6911,676,2021,722,7951,780,055
İzmit313,964315,734322,588327,435332,754338,710347,074
Gebze297,029305,557314,122319,307329,195338,412350,115
Derince123,136124,452126,675128,810130,657133,739136,742
Darıca140,302146,896152,542157,304164,385173,139182,710
Körfez130,730132,779135,692139,220142,884146,210151,149
Gölcük136,035137,637141,926143,867145,805149,238152,607
Çayırova82,49488,52393,64098,367103,536109,698117,230
Karamürsel50,88651,98752,50152,62153,03354,22555,169
Dilovası44,25844,95845,06044,98145,61045,71446,099
Kandıra46,98449,76949,55450,04250,04649,20348,937
Başiskele66,18368,03770,83573,32776,60579,62584,235
Kartepe90,40793,80996,58599,410101,692104,882107,988

[Mayor]s of Kocaeli [Metropolitan Municipality]

Twin cities

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