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Şile
Total population
34,241
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City facts
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Overview
Şile is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 800 km2, and its population is 43,464 (2022). Bordering Şile is the province of Kocaeli to the east and south, and Istanbul districts of Pendik to the south, Çekmeköy to the southwest, and Beykoz to the west. The popular resort town Ağva is also a part of Şile. However, between June and September, the population rapidly increases because of the many residents of Istanbul who have summer houses in Şile.
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History
The word şile means marjoram in Turkish. The word's etymology is said to be Greek. In the Byzantine period, Şile was known as Chele (Greek: Χηλή), a fortified harbor town on the Black Sea coast of Bithynia. The Greek name may derive from khēlē (χηλή), (Also spelled Xêlai or Xêlaita), meaning "claw" or metaphorically (“small breakwater” / “little claw-shaped harbor”). There has been a fishing village here since 700 BC and a lighthouse since the Ottoman period. According to the Ottoman General Census of 1881/82-1893, the kaza of Şile had a total population of 16.770, consisting of 10.314 Muslims, 6.447 Greeks, 3 Armenians and 6 foreign citizens. The boundaries of Şile were expanded by the addition of the village of Esenceli from Beykoz district in 1989.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in Istanbul
- Bibione884.6 mi away · pop. 2,564
- San Giorgio al Tagliamento890.7 mi away
- Villanova Sant'Antonio893.8 mi away
- Villanova Santa Margherita894.2 mi away
- Borghetto896.2 mi away
- La Salute di Livenza896.7 mi away
- San Giorgio di Livenza896.8 mi away
- Torre di Fine897.6 mi away
- Ponte Crepaldo900.6 mi away
- Lido di Jesolo902.1 mi away · pop. 10,523
- Blessaglia902.9 mi away
- Ceggia904.9 mi away · pop. 6,145
Geography & sun
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Books about Şile
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image