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Istanbul Province is a province located in north-west Turkey. It has an area of 5,196 km² and a population of 12,573,836 (2007 est). The population was 10,018,735 in 2000. It is surrounded by the provinces of Tekirdağ to the west, Kocaeli to the east, the Black Sea to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south. The Bosphorus (Boğaziçi) Strait divides the province in two parts: the European side and the Asian side. The capital of the province is the city of Istanbul which covers much of the province.
[edit] Cities
| Rank |
City |
1990 Census |
2000 Census |
2007 Census |
2008 Estimate |
| 1 |
Istanbul |
6.629.431 |
8.803.468 |
10.757.327 |
11.000.144 |
| 2 |
Sultanbeyli |
82.298 |
175.700 |
272.758 |
283.962 |
| 3 |
Esenyurt |
70.280 |
148.981 |
253.084 |
263.837 |
| 4 |
Beylikdüzü |
2.500 |
39.884 |
112.131 |
122.452 |
| 5 |
Samandıra |
22.888 |
67.438 |
112.653 |
117.933 |
| 6 |
Sarıgazi |
22.125 |
48.466 |
76.855 |
80.911 |
| 7 |
Çekmeköy |
13.523 |
37.502 |
70.683 |
75.423 |
| 8 |
Kıraç |
2.239 |
28.810 |
63.293 |
68.219 |
| 9 |
Arnavutköy |
21.143 |
45.557 |
62.492 |
64.911 |
| 10 |
Silivri |
26.049 |
44.530 |
62.247 |
64.376 |
| 11 |
Yakuplu |
2.841 |
31.676 |
51.862 |
54.746 |
| 12 |
Yenidoğan |
1.200 |
28.447 |
49.593 |
52.614 |
| 13 |
Gürpınar |
10.191 |
31.068 |
45.682 |
47.770 |
| 14 |
Büyükçekmece |
22.394 |
35.860 |
44.287 |
45.575 |
| 15 |
Taşdelen |
9.747 |
28.216 |
39.774 |
41.425 |
| 16 |
Mimarsinan |
7.690 |
25.828 |
39.244 |
41.156 |
| 17 |
Tepecik |
12.240 |
18.798 |
33.192 |
35.248 |
| 18 |
Çatalca |
11.550 |
15.779 |
27.807 |
28.763 |
| 19 |
Bahçeşehir |
2.500 |
19.018 |
25.116 |
25.987 |
| 20 |
Boğazköy |
4.495 |
15.850 |
22.410 |
23.347 |
| 21 |
Kumburgaz |
7.118 |
10.352 |
20.883 |
22.387 |
| 22 |
Alemdağ |
6.684 |
15.277 |
21.292 |
22.151 |
| 23 |
Hadımköy |
6.486 |
14.278 |
19.733 |
20.512 |
| 24 |
Çavuşbaşı |
4.693 |
15.753 |
19.539 |
20.080 |
| 25 |
Taşoluk |
2.527 |
20.000 |
13.068 |
13.688 |
| 26 |
Selimpaşa |
8.401 |
9.151 |
11.955 |
12.356 |
| 27 |
Orhanlı |
2.735 |
6.048 |
11.314 |
11.819 |
| 28 |
Bolluca |
2.409 |
7.320 |
10.875 |
11.373 |
| 29 |
Haraççı |
2.671 |
8.520 |
10.266 |
10.713 |
| 30 |
Bahçeköy |
4.072 |
6.107 |
9.847 |
10.381 |
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Coordinates: 41°09′27″N 28°52′06″E / 41.1575°N 28.86833°E / 41.1575; 28.86833
Istanbul Province
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