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Kartepe
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Kartepe
Total population
118,066
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City facts
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Overview
Kartepe is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 136,625 (2022). The mayor is Mustafa Kocaman (AKP).
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History
Kartepe, then known as Köseköy, was founded in 1600s. After the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreement, Turks from Greece were settled in Köseköy in 1920s. Later people from Black Sea coast were also settled around Köseköy. Being a part of industrial area the population increased and in 1970 it was declared a seat of township. In 2008 it was merged to nearby towns, renamed as Kartepe and became a district center of Kocaeli Province. The municipality of Kartepe is now an intracity municipality of Greater Kocaeli. Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station is located in the district.
Geography
Kartepe (literally Snowy hill referring to mountains to the south) is situated at to the east of the Gulf of İzmit. It is almost merged to İzmit, the province center and it included in Greater Kocaeli (see Metropolitan centers in Turkey). Kartepe Mountains are to the south and Lake Sapanca is to the east of Kartepe.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in Kocaeli
- Körfez11.9 mi away
- Çayırova33.5 mi away
- Boč1050.4 mi away · pop. 76
- Citice1060.7 mi away · pop. 713
- Slapany1065.1 mi away
- M'Zaret Boumendjel1215 mi away
- Ouled Driss1222.5 mi away · pop. 11,303
- Mechtat Dardoura1226.2 mi away
- Souk Ahras1228.1 mi away · pop. 155,259
- Ain Tamatmat1231 mi away
- Mechroha1232.2 mi away · pop. 21,802
- Tiffech1239.1 mi away
Geography & sun
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- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image