Karamürsel
| Karamürsel | ||||
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Province (il) : | Kocaeli | |||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 42 ' N , 29 ° 37' E | |||
| Height : | 23 m | |||
| Residents : | 47,433 (2012) | |||
| Telephone code : | (+90) 262 | |||
| Postal code : | 41500 | |||
| License plate : | 41 | |||
| Structure and administration (as of 2013) | ||||
| Mayor : | İsmail Yıldırım ( DP ) | |||
| Website: | ||||
| Karamürsel district | ||||
| Residents : | 52,621 (2012) | |||
| Surface: | 289 km² | |||
| Population density : | 182 inhabitants per km² | |||
| Kaymakam : | Celil Ateşoğlu | |||
| Website (Kaymakam): | ||||
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Karamürsel (in antiquity Πραίνετος, Praenetus ) is a district of the Turkish province of Kocaeli and at the same time a district of the Büyükşehir belediyesi (city municipality) Kocaeli. The place is about 30 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital İzmit .
The district is located in the southwest of the province on the south bank of the Marmara Sea . It is bordered by Gölcük to the east, Bursa province to the south, Yalova province to the west and İzmit Bay to the north. The D-130 highway from İzmit to Yalova runs through the village, mostly along the shore . In Karamürsel the D-595 branches off to the south, which leads around the lake İznik Gölü via İnegöl and Tavşanlı to Simav in the province of Kütahya . Part of the Samanlı Dağları Mountains and the Çamdibi Barajı Reservoir are located in the south of the district .
Praenetus is a former diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
Personalities
- Flavia Iulia Helena , mother of Constantine the Great
- Hakan Arıkan (* 1982), Turkish soccer player
- Gazanfer Bilge (1924-2008), Turkish wrestler
- Emre Okur (* 1984), Turkish soccer player
- Merih Demiral (* 1998), Turkish soccer player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Turkish Institute for Statistics ( memento from April 18, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed December 16, 2013
