Körfez

Körfez, formerly known as Elaia, or Elaea, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 178,048.
  • Town with about 166,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Yarımca”
  • Description: district and town of the Kocaeli Province in Turkey
  • Also known as
    “Koerfez”
    “Yaremdji”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Körfez Circuit and Derince railway station.
İzmit is a motor sports race track…
is a railway station in , . is situated 4½ km east of Körfez.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Derince and Gölcük.
is a seaport, municipality and district of , . is situated 4 km east of Körfez.
is a municipality and district of , . is situated 6 km southeast of Körfez.
is a quarter, which is situated 4½ km south of Körfez.
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Latitude
40.7608° or 40° 45′ 39″ north
Longitude
29.7839° or 29° 47′ 2″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR YAR and TR KFZ
Open location code
8GGFQQ6M+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Körfez” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كُرْفَزُ”
  • Arabic: “كورفيز”
  • Asturian: “Körfez (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Körfez”
  • Belarusian: “Кёрфез”
  • Belarusian: “Кёрфэз”
  • Bulgarian: “Кьорфез”
  • Catalan: “Körfez”
  • Cebuano: “Körfez”
  • Chechen: “Коьрфез”
  • Chinese: “克尔费兹”
  • Chinese: “克爾費茲”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Körfez”
  • Dutch: “Körfez”
  • Esperanto: “Körfez”
  • French: “Körfez”
  • Gagauz: “Körfez”
  • German: “Körfez”
  • Gilaki: “کؤرفز”
  • Greek: “Κιόρφεζ”
  • Hungarian: “Körfez”
  • Irish: “Körfez”
  • Italian: “Körfez”
  • Lithuanian: “Kiorfezas”
  • Malay: “Körfez, Kocaeli”
  • Malay: “Körfez”
  • Mazanderani: “کورفز”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Körfez”
  • Minangkabau: “Körfez”
  • Northern Luri: “کورفز”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Körfez”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Körfez i Kocaeli”
  • Norwegian: “Körfez”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Körfez”
  • Persian: “کورفز”
  • Polish: “Körfez”
  • Portuguese: “Körfez”
  • Romanian: “Körfez”
  • Russian: “Кёрфез”
  • Serbian: “Корфез”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کؤرفز، قوجاائلی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کورفز”
  • Swahili: “Körfez (District)”
  • Swahili: “Körfez, Kocaeli”
  • Swedish: “Körfez”
  • Tatar: “Көрфез (Көрфез)”
  • Tatar: “Көрфез”
  • Turkish: “Körfez, Kocaeli”
  • Turkish: “Körfez”
  • Ukrainian: “Кьорфез”
  • Urdu: “کورفیز، قوجائلی”
  • Vietnamese: “Körfez, Kocaeli”
  • Vietnamese: “Körfez”
  • Western Mari: “Кӧрфез”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کورفیز”

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