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Gebze, Kocaeli
Gebze (), formerly known as Libyssa, is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 418 km2, and its population is 407,019 (2022). It is situated 65 km (30 mi) southeast of Istanbul, on the Gulf of Izmit, the eastern arm of the Sea of Marmara. Gebze is the largest district by population size in the province as of 2022, exceeding İzmit, the provincial capital. Geography The district of Gebze is located in the western portion of Kocaeli Province; with neighbors Körfez to the east; Pendik, Tuzla and Şile in Istanbul to the northwest, west and north respectively; Çayırova and Darıca to the southwest and Dilovası to the southeast. Composition There are 40 neighbourhoods in Gebze District: * Adem Yavuz * Ahatlı * Arapçeşme * Balçık * Barış * Beylikbağı * Cumaköy * Cumhuriyet * Denizli * Duraklı * Elbizli * Eskihisar * Gaziler * Güzeller * Hacı Halil * Hatipler * Hürriyet * İnönü * İstasyon * Kadıllı * Kargalı * Kir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libyssa
Libyssa () or Libysa (Λίβισσα), was a town on the north coast of the Sinus Astacenus in ancient Bithynia, on the road from Nicaea to Chalcedon. It was celebrated in antiquity as the place containing the tomb of the Carthaginian general Hannibal.Amm. Marc. 22.9 ; Eutrop. 4.11 Itin. Ant. p. 139; Itin. Hier. p. 572. In Pliny the Elder's time the town no longer existed, but the spot was noticed only because of the tumulus of Hannibal. The site of ancient Libyssa is located within the modern district of Gebze in Kocaeli Province, at the coast of the Gulf of İzmit, near the city of İzmit (ancient Nicomedia) in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ..., the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, revered and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osman Gazi Bridge
The Osman Gazi Bridge () is a suspension bridge spanning the Gulf of İzmit at its narrowest point, . The bridge links the Turkish city of Gebze to the Yalova Province and carries the O-5 motorway across the gulf. The bridge was opened on 1 July 2016 to become the then-longest suspension bridge in Turkey and the fourth-longest (ninth-longest as of 2025) suspension bridge in the world by the length of its central span. The length of the bridge was surpassed by the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge across the Dardanelles strait, which became the longest suspension bridge in the world when it was opened on 18 March 2022. Project Construction and operation of the bridge was awarded to a joint venture (NOMAYG JV) formed by five Turkish companies ( Nurol, Özaltın, Makyol, Yüksel and Gocay) and one Italian construction company Astaldi following the international Build–operate–transfer tender that took place in April 2009. In 2010, a contract was signed for the project that was estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyulyachinsky District
Tyulachinsky District (; ) is a Administrative divisions of the Republic of Tatarstan, territorial administrative unit and Municipal divisions of Russia, municipal district of the Tatarstan, Republic of Tatarstan within the Russia, Russian Federation. The total area of the district is 1160 km². The district is located in the north of Tatarstan. The administrative center of the district is the village of Tyulyachi. As of 2020, 13,778 people reside in the district. The district economy is mainly oriented towards agriculture. The main areas of production are the cultivation of field crops and animal husbandry. There is the hunting Zakaznik, reserve "Meshinsky" in the district that aims at Protected areas of Russia, nature conserving as a means of wildlife preservation. The total area of the reserve is 131.7 thousand hectares. Geography The district is located in the northern part of the Republic of Tatarstan and is fully enclosed by other districts of the region, namely the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studeničani Municipality
Studeničani Municipality (, ) is a municipality in central North Macedonia. '' Studeničani'' is the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Skopje Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders the City of Skopje to the north, Sopište Municipality to the northwest and west, Čaška Municipality to the south, Zelenikovo Municipality to the east and Petrovec Municipality Petrovec Municipality () is a municipality in northern North Macedonia, near the capital Skopje. '' Petrovec'' is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Skopje Statistical Region. Skopje Internation ... to the northeast. Demographics According to the 2021 North Macedonia census, this municipality has 21,970 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the municipality: Inhabited places There are 15 inhabited places in this municipality. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Studenicani Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuil Municipality
Samuil Municipality () is a Municipalities of Bulgaria, municipality (''obshtina'') in Razgrad Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in the Ludogorie geographical region part of the Danubian Plain (Bulgaria), Danubian Plain. It is named after its administrative centre - the village of Samuil (village), Samuil. The municipality embraces a territory of with a population of 7,522 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Settlements Samuil Municipality includes the following 14 places all of them villages: Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: See also *Provinces of Bulgaria *Municipalities of Bulgaria *List of cities and towns in Bulgaria References External links Info website {{Razgrad Province Municipalities in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pylaia
Pylaia () is a former municipality in the Thessaloniki Prefecture of Greece. In the 2011 local government reform, Thessaloniki Prefecture became the Thessaloniki (regional unit), regional unit of Thessaloniki (without boundary changes), and Pylaia became a part of the new municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia continues under its old boundaries as a municipal unit within Pylaia-Chortiatis. Pylaia covers 24.379 km2 with 4.5 km of coastline extending along the shores of the Thermaic Gulf and had a population of 36,843 at the 2021 census. Pylaia is relatively sparsely populated for a municipal unit within the Thessaloniki Urban Area. History The first reference to Pylaia is found in the historian Thucydides, in 319 BC, under the name Strepsa. It was later known as Kapoutzida, from the Turkish language, Turkish word ''kapıcı'' ("gatekeeper"), deriving from the guards watching over the city walls of Byzantine Thessaloniki. The current name came into general use in 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oeiras, Portugal
Oeiras () is a town and concelho, municipality in the western part of Lisbon metropolitan area, located within the Portuguese Riviera, in continental Portugal. The municipality is part of the urban agglomeration of Lisbon and the town of Oeiras is about 16 km from Lisbon downtown. The population in 2011 was 172,120 living in an area of 45.88 km2, making the municipality the fifth-most densely populated in Portugal. Oeiras is an important economic hub, being one of the most highly developed municipalities of Portugal and Europe. It has the highest Gross domestic product, GDP per capita in the country, being also the second highest-ranking municipality (immediately after Lisbon) in terms of purchasing power as well as the second highest-ranking in the country as far as tax collection is concerned. These economic indicators also reflect the education level of its inhabitants, as Oeiras is the municipality with the highest concentration of population by List of countries by te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kythrea
Kythrea ( or ; ) is a small town in Cyprus, 10 km northeast of Nicosia. Kythrea is under the '' de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. History Kythrea is situated near the ancient Greek city-kingdom of Chytroi, which was founded by Chytros, son of Alexander and grandson of the grandson of the Athenian King Akamas. According to one tradition, the name Kythrea derives from Chytroi (Χύτροι > *Χυτρέα > Κυθρέα). According to another tradition, it derives from the name of the Greek Ionian island Kythera, from where millstones were transferred to Kythrea's watermills. In Delphic Theorodochoi inscription, one inscription mentions the Chytroi. With the spread of Christianity in Cyprus, Chytroi became a bishopric. The first bishop, whose name is known is Pappus, is mentioned in the Life of Epiphanius of Salamis as having been bishop for 58 years of the "miserable town of Chytria", and as having died a martyr at some unspecified date, which must have been unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiseljak
Kiseljak ( sr-cyrl, Кисељак) is a town and municipality located in Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies in the valley of the Fojnica River, the Lepenica and the Kreševka River, which are a tributary of the Bosna, and it is on the intersection of roads from Visoko, Fojnica, Kreševo and Rakovica. Settlements Demographics 1971 18,335 total *Croats - 10,389 (56.66%) *Bosniaks - 6,822 (37.20%) *Serbs - 924 (5.03%) *Yugoslavs - 55 (0.29%) *Others - 145 (0.82%) 1991 In 1991 the population of the Kiseljak municipality (164 km2) was 24,426, of which 51.61% were Croats, 40.92% Bosniaks, 3.11% Serbs, 2.48% Yugoslavs and 1.88% others. The town itself had a population of 6,598, of which 60% Croats, 29% Bosniaks, 3% Serbs, 5% Yugoslavs and 4% others. 2013 Census Sports The town is home to the football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karakol
Karakol (; , ), formerly Przhevalsk ( rus, Пржевальск, p=pr̩ʐɨˈvalʲsk), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan–China border and from the capital Bishkek. It is the administrative capital of Issyk-Kul Region. Its area is , and its resident population was 84,351 in 2021 (both including Pristan'-Przheval'sk). To the north, on highway A363, is Tüp, and to the southwest Jeti-Ögüz resort. History A Russian military outpost founded on 1 July 1869, Karakol grew in the 19th century after explorers came to map the peaks and valleys separating Kyrgyzstan from China. In the 1880s Karakol's population surged with an influx of Dungans, Chinese Muslims fleeing warfare in China. In 1888, the Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky died in Karakol of typhoid, while preparing for an expedition to Tibet. By order of Tsar Alexander III on 23 March 1889 the city was renamed Przhevalsk in the explorer's hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakanj
Kakanj ( sr-cyrl, Какањ) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted settlement. As of 2013, the town has a population of 11,796 inhabitants, with 38,937 inhabitants in the municipality. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, north of Visoko and southeast of Zenica. It was built along the slopes of wide hills on either side of the Zgošća river. History Neolithic artifacts have been found in Obre, a nearby village. Thus, whole culture that covered central Bosnian river basins was named Kakanj culture. It is the Europe's oldest continuously inhabited settlement, carbon dated to 6795 BC.Vander Linden, M., Pandžić, I., Orton, D. (2022New radiocarbon dates for the Neolithic period in Bosnia & Herzegovina Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka Ispitivanja (43) 7–3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
