Gebze

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Gebze

Total population

411,800

Coordinates40.80°, 29.43°

Demographic figures from TurkStat. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Gebze is a working-class district and one of the municipalities in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 418 km2, and its population is 407,019 (2022). It is situated 65 km (30 mi) southeast of Istanbul, on the Gulf of Izmit, the eastern arm of the Sea of Marmara. Gebze is the largest district by population size in the province as of 2022, exceeding İzmit, the provincial capital. Its population consists of a colossal working class, one of the largest in Turkey, as it hosts 10 industrial parks, in which hosts 1,384 companies and over 130,000 people are employed.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Kocaeli

• Çayırova
  3.5 mi away
• Körfez
  18.6 mi away
• Boč
  1026.3 mi away · pop. 76
• Citice
  1036.2 mi away · pop. 713
• Slapany
  1040.4 mi away
• M'Zaret Boumendjel
  1185.5 mi away
• Merahna
  1190.3 mi away · pop. 13,319
• Ouled Driss
  1192.9 mi away · pop. 11,303
• Mechtat Dardoura
  1196.7 mi away
• Taoura
  1197 mi away · pop. 18,933
• Souk Ahras
  1198.5 mi away · pop. 155,259
• Ain Tamatmat
  1201.5 mi away

Browse all places in Kocaeli →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Gebze

Ord. Prof. Dr. A. Süheyl Ünver'in defter ve dosyalarında Kocaeli - İzmit - Gebze

A. Süheyl Ünver · 2010

Gebze

Gülfettin Çelik · 2003

Gebze ve Eskihisar

Erdem Yücel · 1976

Pontus

Özhan Öztürk · 2011

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