Gebze (), formerly known as Libyssa, Λίβυσσα (in Ancient Greek), is a working-class district and one of the municipalities in Kocaeli Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. 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. Its population consists of a colossal working class, one of the largest in Turkey, as it hosts 10 industrial parks, which contain 1,384 companies and employ over 130,000 people.
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:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
Adem Yavuz Ahatlı Arapçeşme Balçık Barış Beylikbağı Cumaköy Cumhuriyet Denizli Duraklı Elbizli Eskihisar Gaziler Güzeller Hacı Halil Hatipler Hürriyet İnönü İstasyon Kadıllı Kargalı Kirazpınar Köşklüçeşme Mevlana Mimar Sinan Mollafenari Muallimköy Mudarlı Mustafapaşa Osman Yılmaz Ovacık Pelitli Sultan Orhan Tatlıkuyu Tavşanlı Tepemanayır Ulus Yağcılar Yavuzselim Yenikent
Transport The northern terminus of Osman Gazi Bridge falls within this area; the construction — having a total length of 4 kilometers (with a 1,550-meter main span) — bridges the Sea of Marmara from Kababurun to Dilburnu. The Gebze Metro began construction in 2018 for a 2026 opening. The Marmaray intercontinental commuter rail line connects Gebze to the European side of Istanbul.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gebze is twinned with:
Garoowe, Somalia Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina Karakol, Kyrgyzstan Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina Kythrea, Cyprus Oeiras, Portugal Pylaia, Greece Samuil, Bulgaria Studeničani, North Macedonia Tyulyachinsky District, Russia
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External links
Gebze Municipality Gebze Haritası