Kaynarca, formerly Şeyhler, is a municipality and
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
Sakarya Province
Sakarya () is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey, located on the coast of the Black Sea. Its area is , and its population is 1,080,080 (2022). The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Ma ...
,
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 343 km
2, and its population is 24,483 (2022).
The mayor is Kadir Yazgan (
YRP).
The
nature reserve
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geologic ...
Acarlar Floodplain Forest, which is Turkey's biggest mono-bloc
floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high Discharge (hydrolog ...
forest, is located northeast of Kaynarca.
Composition
There are 45
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Kaynarca District:
Mahalle
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
* Akbaşlı
* Arifağa
* Başoğlu
* Birlik
* Büyükyanık
* Cebek
* Dudu
* Eğrioğlu
* Gaziler
* Gölce
* Gürpınar
* Güven
* Hatipler
* İmamlar
* İşaret
* Kalburcu
* Karaçalı
* Karamanlar
* Kayacık
* Kertil
* Kırktepe
* Kızılcaali
* Konak
* Küçükkaynarca
* Küçükkışla
* Kulaklı
* Merkez Mahalle
* Müezzinler
* Okçular
* Ömerağa
* Orta Mahalle
* Ortaköy
* Osmanlı
* Sabırlı
* Sarıbeyli
* Şeyhtımarı
* Taşoluk
* Topçu
* Turnalı
* Uğurlu
* Uzakkışla
* Uzunalan
* Yeniçam
* Yeşilova
* Ziahmet
References
Populated places in Sakarya Province
Districts of Sakarya Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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