Country Turkey Subregion Istanbul | Region Istanbul Vehicle registration 34 | |
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Area code(s) 0212 European side;
0216 Asian side | ||
Istanbul Province (Turkish: İstanbul ili), also the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi) is a province located in north-west Turkey. It has an area of 5,343.02 square kilometres (2,062.95 sq mi) and a population of 14,804,116 as of 2016. 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 Strait divides the province in two parts: the European side and the Asian side. Out of a population of 12.9 million in 2009, roughly 8 million lived on the European side and the remaining 5 million lived on the Asian.
Map of %C4%B0stanbul, Turkey
The metropolitan municipality of Istanbul has had the same boundaries as the province since 2004.
References
Istanbul Province Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA