Kocaeli Province

Kocaeli Province (, ) is a province o Turkey. Its caipital is İzmit, which is whiles referred tae as Kocaeli itsel. The lairgest toun in the province is nou Gebze. The traffic code is 41. The province is locatit at the eastmaist end o the Marmara Sea, especially on the Gulf o İzmit. Acause o the size an naitural conditions o the Bay o İzmit, the ceety is a giant naitural harbour. Thare are lots o harbour facilities athin Kocaeli, includin the primary base o the Turkis Navy.

Destricts
Kocaeli province is dividit intae 12 destricts:
 Rank  City  1990 Census  2000 Census  2007 Census  2009 Estimate 1  İzmit  159.116  195.669  248.424  313.964  2  Gebze  190.741  253.487  310.815  297.956  3  Derince  66.141  93.997  113.991  116.806  4  Darıca  53.559  85.818  109.580  112.975  5  Körfez  63.194  81.938  97.535  99.859  6  Gölcük  65.600  55.790  71.538  73.788  7  Çayırova Destrict, Kocaeli  7.800  24.825  36.741  38.709  8  Karamürsel  24.462  29.353  36.466  37.172  9  Dilovası  18.590  28.890  35.856  36.851  10  Değirmendere  19.530  22.086  29.906  31.023  11  Alikahya  4.074  16.300  23.192  24.182  12  Hereke  13.872  14.553  18.877  19.495  13  Yuvacık  7.338  12.101  18.491  19.404  14  Köseköy  9.200  15.639  17.492  17.757  15  Kandıra  10.427  12.641  15.473  15.770  16  Uzunçiftlik  7.261  13.302  14.893  15.342  17  Kullar  8.820  17.105  13.730  13.248  18  İhsaniye  9.186  15.000  12.839  13.054  19  Bahçecik  8.648  9.563  12.232  12.613  20  Kuruçeşme  7.743  9.490  11.785  12.113  21  Arslanbey  3.439  4.421  10.573  11.452 

Kocaeli Province population data in 2000
 Municipalitypopulation Municipalitypopulation Municipalitypopulation Municipalitypopulation Municipalitypopulationİzmit199.023Gebze253.487Derince93.997Darıca85.818Körfez81.938Gölcük80.843Karamürsel31.475Dilovasi28.809Çayırova22.964Değirmendere22.086Kullar17.104Alikahya16.591Hereke16.189Köseköy15.639Uzunçiftlik13.032Kandıra12.641Yuvacık12.101İhsaniye11.607Bahçecik9.563Kuruçeşme9.490Arslanbey7.091Suadiye6.908Maşukiye6.438Şekerpınar6.309Yeniköy5.797Karşıyaka4.893Tavşancıl4.845Uzuntarla4.660Halıdere4.218Büyükderbent4.203

See an aw
 Provinces o Turkey
 Kocaeli University
 Pişmaniye

References

Freemit airtins

 Kocaeli govrenor's offeecial wabsteid  kocaeli
 Kocaeli municipality's offeecial wabsteid   / 
 Kocaeli holiday's offeecial wabsteid   / 
 kocaeli şehir rehberi