Istanbul Province

Istanbul Province () is a province locatit in north-wast Turkey. It haes an area o 5,196 km² an a population o 13,255,685. The population wis 10,018,735 in 2000. It is surroondit bi the provinces o Tekirdağ tae the wast, Kocaeli tae the east, the Black Sea tae the northren pairt an the Sea o Marmara tae the sooth. The Bosphorus (Boğaziçi) Strait divides the province in twa pairts: the European side an the Asie side.

The caipital o the province is the city o Istanbul, which, syne 2004, haes the same mairches as the province.

The province includes the Princes' Islands as a destrict an aw.

Ceeties
 Rank  City  1990 Census  2000 Census  2007 Census  2008 Estimate 1  Istanbul  8,629,431  10,803,468  12,573,836  12,697,164 2  Sultanbeyli  82,298  175,700  272,758  283,962 3  Esenyurt  70,280  148,981  253,084  263,837 4  Beylikdüzü  2,500	 39,884  112,131  122,452 5  Samandıra  22,888	 67,438  112,653  117,933 6  Sarıgazi  22,125  48,466  76,855  80,911 7  Çekmeköy  13,523  37,502  70,683  75,423 8  Kıraç  2,239  28,810  63,293  68,219 9  Arnavutköy  21,143  45,557  62,492  64,911 10  Silivri  26,049  44,530  62,247  64,376 11  Yakuplu  2,841  31,676  51,862  54,746 12  Yenidoğan  1,200  28,447  49,593  52,614 13  Gürpınar  10,191  31,068  45,682  47,770 14  Büyükçekmece  22,394  35,860  44,287  45,575 15  Taşdelen  9,747  28,216  39,774  41,425 16  Mimarsinan  7,690  25,828  39,244  41,156 17  Tepecik  12,240  18,798  33,192  35,248 18  Çatalca  11,550  15,779  27,807  28,763 19  Bahçeşehir  2,500  19,018  25,116  25,987 20  Boğazköy  4,495  15,850  22,410  23,347 21  Kumburgaz  7,118  10,352  20,883  22,387 22  Alemdağ  6,684  15,277  21,292  22,151 23  Hadımköy  6,486  14,278  19,733  20,512 24  Çavuşbaşı  4,693  15,753  19,539  20,080 25  Taşoluk  2,527  20,000  13,068  13,688 26  Selimpaşa  8,401  9,151  11,955  12,356 27  Orhanlı  2,735  6,048  11,314  11,819 28  Bolluca  2,409  7,320  10,875  11,373 29  Haraççı  2,671  8,520  10,266  10,713 30  Bahçeköy  4,072  6,107  9,847  10,381

 Destricts 
Adalar
Arnavutköy
Ataşehir
Avcılar
Bağcılar
Bahçelievler
Bakırköy
Başakşehir
Bayrampaşa
Beşiktaş
Beykoz
Beylikdüzü
Beyoğlu
Büyükçekmece
ÇatalcaÇekmeköy
Esenler
Esenyurt
Eyüp
Fatih
Gaziosmanpaşa
Güngören
Kadıköy
Kağıthane
Kartal
Küçükçekmece
MaltepePendik
Sancaktepe
Sarıyer
Silivri
Sultanbeyli
Sultangazi
Şile
Şişli
Tuzla
Ümraniye
Üsküdar
Zeytinburnu

 References 

Freemit airtins

 Offeecial wabsteid o the govrenor o Istanbul Province 

Category:Provinces o Turkey

Category:Marmara Region