Çayırova is a municipality and
district
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of
Kocaeli Province
Kocaeli Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometim ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Its area is 23 km
2, and its population is 150,792 (2022).
The district Çayırova was created in 2008 from part of the district of
Gebze, along with the districts
Darıca
Darıca (, from the Byzantine Greek, Byzantine τὰ Ῥίτζιον) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The town was previously known as Aretsou (Αρετσού) in by its native Greek population. Its ...
and
Dilovası. The mayor is Bünyamin Çi̇ftçi̇ (
AK Party
The Justice and Development Party ( , AK PARTİ), abbreviated officially as AK Party in English, is a political party in Turkey self-describing as conservative-democratic. It has been the ruling party of Turkey since 2002. Third-party sources ...
).
Composition
There are 9
neighbourhoods
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in Çayırova District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Akse
* Atatürk
* Çayırova
* Cumhuriyet
* Emek
* İnönü
* Özgürlük
* Şekerpınar
* Yenimahalle
References
External links
City's site
District governor's site
Populated places in Kocaeli Province
Districts of Kocaeli Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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