Karadeniz Ereğli

	Ereğli
	; Ereğli coast
Basic data
Province (il) :	Zonguldak
Coordinates :	41 ° 15 ′ N , 31 ° 26 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 15 ′ 30 " N , 31 ° 25 ′ 30" E
Height :	12 m
Residents :	117,456 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 372
Postal code :	67 300
License plate :	67
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	31 Mahalle
Mayor :	Halil Posbıyık ( CHP )
Postal address :	Murtaza Mah. ; Hasan Arslan Sok. No: 39 ; 67300 Kdz. Ereğli
Website:	www.kdzeregli.bel.tr
Ereğli County
Residents :	175,605 (2018)
Surface:	976 km²
Population density :	180 inhabitants per km²
Kaymakam :	İsmail Çorumluoğlu
Website (Kaymakam):	www.karadenizeregli.gov.tr

Karadeniz Ereğli (abbreviated Kdz. Ereğli ) or short Ereğli (at the time of the Ottoman Empire : Bender-i Ereğli ) is a town and capital of the district of the same name in the province of Zonguldak in the western Black Sea region of Turkey . The city is 46 kilometers by road southwest of the provincial capital Zonguldak . According to the city seal, it received the status of a Belediye (municipality) in 1880 .

The city has over 100,000 inhabitants and is the largest town in the province. It houses the largest steel mill in Turkey owned by the Erdemir steel group . The city goes back to the ancient Herakleia Pontike ; the name Ereğli is derived from Heraclea . It is also referred to as Bendereğli or Bender Ereğli in Ottoman sources of the 15th and 16th centuries . Evliya Çelebi called it Bartın Ereğlisi .

Ereğli is one of the few natural harbors on the western Turkish Black Sea coast. It is protected from the north winds behind the Bababurnu promontory on the slope. A coastal road separates the city and the sea. The first known settlement occurred by Greek colonists in the 6th century BC. Here ruled u. a. Clearchus and Lysimachus . During the rule of the Ottomans it belonged to the Beylerbeylik Anatolia and was part of the Sanjak Bolu as a judicial district . Tax registers from the 16th century show the picture of a small town with around 1,200 inhabitants. In the 20th century, it lagged behind the strong growth of Zonguldak.

The Turkish Navy operates a base in Ereğli .

The county

The district already existed when Turkey was founded in 1923 and is located in the west of the Zonguldak province. It borders Alaplı County in the west , Kozlu County in the northeast, and Devrek County in the east . In the north the Black Sea forms the border and in the south the province of Düzce .

In addition to the district town (66.9% of the district population), the district consists of three other Belediye (municipalities): Gülüç (7,706), Kandilli (3,220) and Ormanlı (2,326 inhabitants). Furthermore, there are still 93 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 483 inhabitants. Eight villages have over a thousand inhabitants: