Istanbul Province

Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul ) is a Turkish province in the northwest of the country, with the capital İstanbul. Its area is 5343.02 km ².

The official population of the Istanbul province was, according to census of 2009 12.915.158, of which the city of Istanbul, the area with the province of Istanbul is almost identical, but had 12,782,960 inhabitants. Slightly more than 86 percent of the population of Istanbul are incurred by rural exodus from all over Turkey, mostly from Eastern, Southeastern and Central Anatolia and from the Black Sea region. The proportion of actual Istanbul that are indigenous to the Bosporus metropolis for centuries, is about 13.8 percent, the rest on the other hand is made up of newcomers. Each year, by the suburbs new Gecekondus that are developed over time and develop into new districts.

The Istanbul province is bordered on the west by the province of Tekirdag, to the east by the province of Kocaeli, on the north by the Black Sea and on the south by the Sea of ​​Marmara. The Bosphorus Strait divides the province into a European and an Asian side.

Attractions

Notable buildings in the province are included in the list of castles, forts and palaces in Istanbul.

Counties

The province is in 39 counties, which are also parts of the city of Istanbul at the same time, shared.

  • Adalar (Asia)
  • Arnavutköy ( Europe)
  • Ataşehir (Asia)
  • Avcılar ( Europe)
  • Bağcılar ( Europe)
  • Bahçelievler ( Europe)
  • Bakırkoy ( Europe)
  • Başakşehir ( Europe)
  • Bayrampaşa ( Europe)
  • Beşiktaş ( Europe)
  • Beykoz (Asia)
  • Beylikdüzü ( Europe)
  • Beyoğlu ( Europe)
  • Büyükçekmece ( Europe)
  • Çatalca ( Europe)
  • Çekmeköy (Asia)
  • Esenler ( Europe)
  • Esenyurt ( Europe)
  • Eyüp ( Europe)
  • Fatih ( Europe)
  • Gaziosmanpaşa ( Europe)
  • Güngören ( Europe)
  • Kadıköy (Asia)
  • Kağıthane ( Europe)
  • Kartal (Asia)
  • Küçükçekmece ( Europe)
Kocaeli Province Prince Islands Maltepe, Istanbul Tuzla (Istanbul) Adana Province Afyonkarahisar Province Aksaray Province Amasya Province Ankara Province Antalya Province Ardahan Province Artvin Province Batman Province Bayburt Province Bilecik Province Bitlis Province Bolu Province Burdur Province Bursa Province Denizli Province Edirne Province Erzincan Province Erzurum Province Gaziantep Province Giresun Province Hatay Province Isparta Province İzmir Province Karaman Province Kars Province Kastamonu Province Kayseri Province Kilis Province Konya Province Malatya Province Manisa Province Mardin Province Mersin Province Ordu Province Osmaniye Province Sakarya Province Samsun Province Siirt Province Sinop Province Tokat Province
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