Istanbul Province

Istanbul Province (Turkis: İstanbul ili) is a province locatit in north-wast Turkey. It haes an area o 5,196 km² an a population o 13,255,685. The population wis 10,018,735 in 2000. It is surroondit bi the provinces o Tekirdağ tae the wast, Kocaeli tae the east, the Black Sea tae the northren pairt an the Sea o Marmara tae the sooth. The Bosphorus (Boğaziçi) Strait divides the province in twa pairts: the European side an the Asie side.

Istanbul Province İstanbul ili
Province o Turkey
Location of Istanbul Province in Turkey
Kintra	Turkey
Region	Marmara
Govrenment
• Electoral destrict	Istanbul
• Govrenor	Hüseyin Avni Mutlu
Area
• Tot	5,343.02 km2 (2,062.95 sq mi)
Population  (2009 (census))[1]
• Tot	13,255,685
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Area code(s)	0212 European side; 0216 Asie side
Vehicle registration	34

The caipital o the province is the city o Istanbul, which, syne 2004, haes the same mairches as the province.^[2]

The province includes the Princes' Islands as a destrict an aw.

Ceeties

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

Destricts

Adalar Arnavutköy Ataşehir Avcılar Bağcılar Bahçelievler Bakırköy Başakşehir Bayrampaşa Beşiktaş Beykoz Beylikdüzü Beyoğlu Büyükçekmece Çatalca

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