Zonguldak

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Zonguldak

Total population

103,079

Elevation60 m

Land area272 km²

Coordinates41.45°, 31.79°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Zonguldak is a city of about 100,000 people in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Zonguldak Province and Zonguldak District. It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli. The current mayor is Tahsin Erdem, representing the CHP.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Mehmet Eren Boyraz

Turkish association football player (born 1981)

Tümer Metin

Turkish association football player (born 1974)

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Ahmet Bektaş

Turkish jazz musician (born 2000)

Orhan Şam

Turkish association football player (born 1986)

Murat Boz

Turkish singer (born 1980)

Ergün Penbe

Turkish association football player and manager (born 1972)

Barış Akarsu

Turkish musician (1979–2007)

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Aytaç Eryılmaz

Turco-German writer

Enver Cenk Şahin

Turkish association football player (born 1994)

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Ceyhun Yazar

Turkish association football player (born 1992)

Ferhat Özçep

Turkish geophysicist (1968–2023)

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Erol Zavar

Turkish journalist (born 1964)

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Onur Karakabak

Turkish association football player (born 1992)

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Fuat Bultan

Turkish radio personality (1933–2013)

Uğur Kavuk

Turkish association football player (born 1979)

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Tayfun Belgin

Turkish-German art historian (born 1956)

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

Nearby places in Zonguldak

• Kozlu
  2.5 mi away
• Kilimli
  3.5 mi away · pop. 20,095
• Çaycuma
  14.9 mi away · pop. 28,060
• Devrek
  18.4 mi away · pop. 26,856
• Gökçebey
  21 mi away · pop. 8,303
• Karadeniz Ereğli
  22.4 mi away · pop. 121,619
• Alaplı
  28.1 mi away · pop. 42,927
• Campomarino
  863.5 mi away · pop. 7,974
• Portocannone
  865 mi away · pop. 2,323
• Ururi
  865.1 mi away · pop. 2,321
• San Martino in Pensilis
  865.1 mi away · pop. 4,365
• Termoli
  865.4 mi away · pop. 31,754

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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Books about Zonguldak

Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e belgelerle Zonguldak

Mustafa Yüce · 2013

Osmanlı'dan Cumhuriyet'e belgelerle Zonguldak, Zonguldak with documents from Ottoman to Republic. BEÜ bilimsel araştırma projesi kesin raporu. Proje kod no 2012-M6-00-01

Mustafa Yüce (proje yürütücüsü) · 2013

Tarlalardan ocaklara, sefaletten mücadeleye

E. Attila Aytekin · 2007

Bir zamanlar Zonguldak

Nezih Başgelen · 2000

Zonguldak-Bartın-Karabük illeri ağızları

M. Emin Eren · 1997

Kastamonu ve Zonguldak ..

A. Cemal. · 1932

Zonguldak ekosistemi

Kemal Büyükgüzel · 2017

Zonguldak bölgesi ön plânı

Turkey. Bölge Planlama Dairesi. · 1964

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