Sapanca

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Sapanca

Total population

46,847

Coordinates40.69°, 30.27°

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

Overview

Sapanca is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 46,847 (2024). It lies on the south bank of Lake Sapanca. The town's mayor is Nihat Arda Şahin (CHP).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Arsène Tchakarian

French Armenian Resistance fighter and historian (1916-2018)

Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni

Turkish statesperson (1886–1966)

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Cahit Tutum

Turkish statesperson (born 1929)

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Sadettin Tantan

Turkish statesperson (born 1941)

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Cüneyt Çelik

Turkish association football player (born 1987)

Sapancalı Hakkı

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1882–1937)

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Mehmet Nurettin Akkın

Turkish statesperson (1887–1929)

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Erol Aslan Cebeci

Turkish statesperson (born 1963)

Cevdet Coşkun

Turkish scientist (born 1970)

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Özer Özel

Turkish musician (born 1968)

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Nazif Okumuş

Turkish journalist (born 1959)

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Hasan Hüsnü Savaşçın

Turkish jurist (1893–1958)

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Alaettin Ekici

Turkish footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sakarya

• Arifiye
  5.2 mi away · pop. 47,851
• Serdivan
  6.9 mi away · pop. 166,321
• Erenler
  8.7 mi away · pop. 91,602
• Sakarya
  9.1 mi away · pop. 1,110,735
• Adapazarı
  9.1 mi away · pop. 280,214
• Geyve
  12.7 mi away · pop. 50,332
• Pamukova
  13.8 mi away · pop. 30,028
• Karapürçek
  14.6 mi away · pop. 13,181
• Söğütlü
  18.1 mi away · pop. 14,303
• Akyazı
  18.7 mi away · pop. 89,301
• Ferizli
  20.6 mi away · pop. 27,652
• Taraklı
  23.6 mi away · pop. 6,861

Browse all places in Sakarya →

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 Sapanca

Search results from Open Library.