Istanbul Province (Turkish: İstanbul ili ) is a province located in north-west Turkey. It has an area of 5,196 km² and a population of 13,255,685. 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 northern part 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, since 2004, has the same boundaries as the province.
The province also includes the Princes' Islands as a district.
Cities
| Rank |
City |
1990 Census |
2000 Census |
2007 Census |
2008 Estimate |
| 1 |
Istanbul |
8,629,431 |
10,803,468 |
12,573,836 |
12,697,164 |
| 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 |
Districts
- Adalar
- Arnavutköy
- Ataşehir
- Avcılar
- Bağcılar
- Bahçelievler
- Bakırköy
- Başakşehir
- Bayrampaşa
- Beşiktaş
- Beykoz
- Beylikdüzü
- Beyoğlu
- Büyükçekmece
- Çatalca
|
- Çekmeköy
- Esenler
- Esenyurt
- Eyüp
- Fatih
- Gaziosmanpaşa
- Güngören
- Kadıköy
- Kağıthane
- Kartal
- Küçükçekmece
- Maltepe
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See also
- List of Governors of Istanbul Province
- ^ Turkish Statistical Institute, MS Excel document – Population of province/district centers and towns/villages and population growth rate by provinces
- ^ "Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kanunu" (in Turkish). Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi. 10 July 2004. http://www.tbmm.gov.tr/kanunlar/k5216.html. Retrieved 2010-11-30. "Bu Kanunun yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte; büyükşehir belediye sınırları, İstanbul ve Kocaeli ilinde, il mülkî sınırıdır. (On the date this law goes in effect, the metropolitan city boundaries, in the provinces of İstanbul and Kocaeli, are those of the province.)"
Coordinates: 41°09′27″N 28°52′06″E / 41.1575°N 28.86833°E / 41.1575; 28.86833
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