Küçükçekmece
Sign in to saveKüçükçekmece (; meaning "small-drawer", from much earlier Rhegion (Greek: Ρήγιον) and Küçükçökmece as "little breakdown" or "little depression", in more ancient times just as Bathonea), is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 44 km2, and its population was 789,033 in 2024. It is 23 kilometers west of the city centre and lies next to Lake Küçükçekmece. Both the lake and land reside on the European shore of the Sea of Marmara. It is the second most populous district of Istanbul.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Küçükçekmece is referenced by 151 other articles, and connects out to Istanbul, Turkey and association football.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Districts of Istanbul Province, Küçükçekmece and Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Küçükçekmece
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Küçükçekmece - panoramio.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Aerial view above Cumhuriyet neighborhood lying by the shores of & overlooking the Lake of Küçükçekmece
- Turkey place.image_map
- Istanbul location Küçükçekmece.svg
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Küçükçekmece District in Istanbul Province
- Turkey place.image_logo
- KüçükçekmeceCoatOfArms.jpg
- Turkey place.province
- Istanbul
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Kemal Çebi
- Turkey place.leader_name1
- Mustafa Anteplioğlu
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 44
- Turkey place.elevation_m
- 70
- Turkey place.population_total
- 789,033
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2022
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 34290
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0212
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Istanbul Province
- Continent
- Europe
- Official language
- Turkish
- Area
- 44
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- time in Turkey
- Body of water
- Sea of Marmara
- Official website
- www.kucukcekmece.gov.tr
- Image
- Lake Küçükçekmece at Golden Hour.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 34
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- urban population
- 805930
- Commons category
- Küçükçekmece
- topic's main category
- Category:Küçükçekmece
- rural population
- 1264
- twinned administrative body
- Topoľčany
- name in kana
- キュチュクチェクメジェ
- inception
- 1987-07-04
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Küçükçekmece today and in the future
- Geography
- Location
- Composition
- Places of interest and attractions
- Sports and culture
- Transportation
- International relations
- See also
- References
- Sources
Küçükçekmece (; meaning "small-drawer", from much earlier Rhegion (Greek: Ρήγιον) and Küçükçökmece as "little breakdown" or "little depression", in more ancient times just as Bathonea), is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 44 km2, and its population was 789,033 in 2024. It is 23 kilometers west of the city centre and lies next to Lake Küçükçekmece. Both the lake and land reside on the European shore of the Sea of Marmara. It is the second most populous district of Istanbul.
thumb|A view of Lake Küçükçekmece in winter thumb|An illustration of the former town by Luigi Mayer, 1700s
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Küçükçekmece” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations