Düzce Province
Encyclopedia
Düzce Province is a province in northwestern Turkey
. It is on the coastline of the Black Sea
and is traversed by the main highway
between Istanbul
and Ankara
. The main town is Düzce
. There are ancient Greek
ruins in the province.
Düzce broke off from Bolu
province and became a province in its own right after a devastating earthquake in the city in November 1999.
Inside Turkey, it came to be called as "the United Nations of Turkey" since its inhabitants have very diverse ethnic backgrounds: Turks
, Circassians, Abkhazians, Chveneburi
, Laz
, Roma, immigrants from the Balkans
and lately some Kurds and Zazas. The total population of the province (as of 2010) is 338 188.
(capital district in bold):
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It is on the coastline of the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
and is traversed by the main highway
Highway
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between Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
and Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
. The main town is Düzce
Düzce
Düzce is the capital city of Düzce Province in Turkey. The mayor is İsmail Bayram . The population is 125,240 which is an increase from 61.878 in 1990.- Overview :...
. There are ancient Greek
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
ruins in the province.
Düzce broke off from Bolu
Bolu Province
Bolu Province is a province in north western in the Black Sea region of Turkey, midpoint between the large cities of Istanbul and Ankara. It covers an area of 7,410 km², and the population is 271,208....
province and became a province in its own right after a devastating earthquake in the city in November 1999.
Inside Turkey, it came to be called as "the United Nations of Turkey" since its inhabitants have very diverse ethnic backgrounds: Turks
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
, Circassians, Abkhazians, Chveneburi
Chveneburi
Chveneburi , meaning "of us" in Georgian, is an autonym of Muslim immigrants of Georgian descent who had settled in non-Georgian majority regions of Turkey, thus, "of us" signifies a triple distinction from Christian Georgians, Muslim Turks, and autochthonous Muslim Georgians...
, Laz
Laz people
The Laz are an ethnic group native to the Black Sea coastal regions of Turkey and Georgia...
, Roma, immigrants from the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
and lately some Kurds and Zazas. The total population of the province (as of 2010) is 338 188.
Districts
Düzce province is divided into 8 districtsDistricts of Turkey
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 957 districts . In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza....
(capital district in bold):
- AkçakocaAkçakocaAkçakoca is both a town and district of Düzce Province, in the Black Sea region of Turkey, located about 200 km east of Istanbul. The town was named after a Turkish chieftain of the 14th century CE who captured the area for the Ottoman Empire, and sports a statue in his honor. The town...
- ÇilimliÇilimliÇilimli is a town and a district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.Cilimli has a population of 7200 people. Çilimli is famous with its natural beauties ,it's better to be in there during summer time, çilimli has similar climate with Düzce, cold in winter and hot in summer It...
- CumayeriCumayeriCumayeri is a town and district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Yakup Keleş ....
- DüzceDüzceDüzce is the capital city of Düzce Province in Turkey. The mayor is İsmail Bayram . The population is 125,240 which is an increase from 61.878 in 1990.- Overview :...
- GölyakaGölyakaGölyaka is a town and a district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Nihat Çelik ....
- GümüşovaGümüsovaGümüşova is a town and a district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey.District Governor is Fatih Akbulut .The mayor is Ahmet Bostancıoğlu ....
- KaynaşlıKaynasliKaynaşlı is a town and a district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is İsmail Korkmaz ....
- YığılcaYigilcaYığılca is a town and a district of Düzce Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. The mayor is Bünyamin Şahin ....