Karacabey

	Karacabey
	; Location of Karacabey within Bursa
Basic data
Province (il) :	Bursa
Coordinates :	40 ° 13 ' N , 28 ° 22' E Coordinates: 40 ° 12 '35 " N , 28 ° 21' 38" E
Height :	26 m
Telephone code :	(+90) 224
Postal code :	16 700
License plate :	16
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	85 mahalles
Mayor :	Ali Özkan ( AKP )
Postal address :	Cumhuriyet Meydanı No: 1 ; 16700 Karacabey / Bursa
Website:	www.karacabey.bel.tr
Karacabey county
Residents :	83,115 (2018)
Surface:	1,158 km²
Population density :	72 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	Yusuf Gokhan Yolcu
Website (Kaymakam):	www.karacabey.gov.tr

Karacabey , until 1928 Mihalıç (from Greek mixalitsa ), is a town in the district of the same name in the Turkish province of Bursa and at the same time a district of the Büyükşehir belediyesi Bursa (metropolitan municipality / metropolitan province ) created in 1986 . The city is located about 60 kilometers west of the center of Bursa on the Marmara Sea .

The district is located in the west of the province. It borders in the east on Mudanya and Nilüfer , in the south on Mustafakemalpaşa , in the west on the province of Balıkesir and in the north on the Marmara Sea. The E 90 runs through the district town and the district and , coming from Çanakkale in the west, continues to Ankara via Bursa . Lake Uluabat Gölü is located in the southeast of the district . In the north of the district, on the coast of the Marmara Sea, lies the Karadağ mountain range . To the east of it, on both sides of the mouth of the river Çapraz Çay (also Simav Çayı or Kocaçay ), lie the beach lakes Dalyan Gölü and Arapçiftliği Gölü . The prison island İmralı lies about 13 kilometers from this mouth in the Sea of Marmara .

The place is named after Celalettin Karacabey İbn-i Abdullah, a military leader of Murad II , the previous name was Mihaliç until 1928, the ancient name was Miletopolis .