Gümeli is a forest town (''

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...

'') in the

Alaplı District Alaplı District is a district of the Zonguldak Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Alaplı.Zonguldak Province Zonguldak Province () is a province along the western Black Sea coast region of Turkey. Its area is 3,342 km2, and its population is 588,510 (2022). Its adjacent provinces are Düzce to the southwest, Bolu to the south, Karabük to the sou ...

, Turkey. Its population is 1,869 (2022). It is situated along Alaplı creek. The distance to Alaplı is . Gümeli is a relatively new settlement. In 1880s, It was founded by a group of families from

Ordu Ordu () or Altınordu is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey and the capital of Ordu Province. The city forms the urban part of the Altınordu, Ordu, Altınordu district, with a population of 235,096 in 2023. Name Kotyora, the origina ...

, a city about to the east. In 1988 a part of Gümeli was administratively issued from Gümeli to found Erenköy. In 1992, Gümeli was declared a seat of township.Mayor's page
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Populated places in Alaplı District Town municipalities in Turkey {{Zonguldak-geo-stub