Sapanca
Sign in to saveSapanca is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 46,847 (2024). It lies on the south bank of Lake Sapanca. The town's mayor is Nihat Arda Şahin (CHP).
Key facts
- Turkey place.type
- metro district
- Turkey place.name
- Sapanca
- Turkey place.image_skyline
- Sapanca Merkez - panoramio.jpg
- Turkey place.image_caption
- Sapanca city center
- Turkey place.image_map
- Sakarya districts.png
- Turkey place.map_caption
- Map showing Sapanca District in Sakarya Province
- Turkey place.province
- Sakarya
- Turkey place.leader_party
- CHP
- Turkey place.leader_name
- Nihat Arda Şahin
- Turkey place.area_total_km2
- 173
- Turkey place.population_total
- 46847
- Turkey place.population_as_of
- 2024
- Turkey place.postal_code
- 54600
- Turkey place.area_code
- 0264
- Turkey place.blank1_name
- Climate
- Turkey place.blank1_info
- Cfa
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Composition
- History
- Geographical location
- Climate
- Topography
- Tourism
- Historical places
- Byzantine era sarcophagi and tombstones
- Vecihi Gate
- Rahime Sultan Mosque and Rahime Sultan Tughra
- Rüstempaşa Mosque
- Hasan Fehmi Paşa Mosque
- Camii Cedid (New Mosque)
- External links
- References
- External links
Sapanca is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 46,847 (2024). It lies on the south bank of Lake Sapanca. The town's mayor is Nihat Arda Şahin (CHP).
Sapanca has recently become a tourist destination, due to its natural environment and its lake, as well as its proximity to Istanbul and the city of İzmit, also known as Kocaeli. The town has a number of hotels and resorts.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sapanca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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