İzmit
central district and city of Kocaeli in Turkey
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Summary
İzmit is a city[1]. İzmit ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,021 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kocaeli Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gulf of İzmit[5]
- Instance of: district[6], town[7]
- Official language: Turkish[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Kassel[9], Székesfehérvár[10], Zhenjiang[11], Agios Sergios[12], Buk District[13], Čair Municipality[14], Centar Župa Municipality[15], Ilidža[16], Karachi[17], Kastrychnitski District[18], Kherson[19], Momchilgrad[20], Pohang[21], Tiznit[22]
- Postal code: 41000[23]
- Commons category: İzmit[24]
- Licence plate code: 41[25]
- Located in time zone: time in Turkey[26], UTC+03:00[27]
- Local dialing code: 262[28]
- Official website: https://izmit.gov.tr/[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:İzmit[30]
- Commons gallery: İzmit[31]
- Population: 363,416[32], 195,699[33], 256,882[34], 376,056[35], 306,515[36], 327,435[37], 360,409[38]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[40], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[41], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Oxford Classical Dictionary[43]
- Replaces: Nicomedia[44]
- Capital of: Kocaeli Province[45], Kocaeli[46]
- Official name: İzmit[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in İzmit[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in İzmit[49]
- Native label: İzmit[50]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from İzmit[51]
- Name in kana: イズミット[52]
- Different from: İzmir[53], Kocaeli Province[54]
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Physical Characteristics
İzmit sits at an elevation of 100 m[55].
Cultural Significance
Things named for İzmit include Gulf of İzmit[56], a bay[57], in Turkey[58].
Why It Matters
İzmit has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] İzmit is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for İzmit include Gulf of İzmit[56], a bay[57], in Turkey[58].