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Kocaeli Province

Also known as Kocaeli, TR421

province in northwestern Turkey

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Kocaeli Province is a region located in northwestern Turkey, positioned strategically between major population centers. It matters because of its important geographic location and role as a significant industrial and economic hub in Turkey.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: metropolitan municipality in Turkey
Part of: Kocaeli Subregion
Official name: Kocaeli
Country: Turkey
Located in: Turkey
Continent: Asia
Capital: İzmit
Official language: Turkish
Population: 1851790
Area: 3397
Elevation: 3
Body of water: Sea of Marmara
Shares border with: Yalova Province
Official website: www.kocaeli.gov.tr
Image: Kocaeli location districts.svg
Households: 650469
Life expectancy: 78.25
GDP per capita: 21.985
Dialing code: 262
Licence plate code: 41

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Commons category: Kocaeli Province
native label: Kocaeli ili
postal code: 41000–41999
topic's main category: Category:Kocaeli Province
language used: Turkish
category for people born here: Category:Births in Kocaeli Province
category of associated people: Category:People from Kocaeli Province
male population: 934554
female population: 917236
name in kana: コジャエリ
annual number of weddings: 14726
different from: İzmit
suicide rate: 4.52
total fertility rate: 1.44
mean age: 34.02
minimum temperature record: -18.0
maximum temperature record: 44.1
water as percent of area: 0.73
inception: 1327-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Kocaeli Province (Turkish: Kocaeli ili, pronounced [koˈdʒaeli]) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli. Its area is 3,397 km (1,312 sq mi), and its population is 2,102,907 (2023). The province is the successor of the Ottoman-era Sanjak of Kocaeli. The largest towns in the province are İzmit and Gebze. The traffic code is 41.

The province is located at the easternmost end of the Sea of Marmara around the Gulf of İzmit. Kocaeli is bordered by the province of Istanbul and the Marmara Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, the province of Sakarya to the east, the province of Bursa to the south and the province of Yalova to the southwest. The metropolitan area of Istanbul extends to the Kocaeli-Istanbul provincial border.

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