Hereke
Hereke is a settlement in Kocaeli province, Turkey, located to the north of the Gulf of İzmit, near Istanbul. It is famous for Hereke carpets. It was bound to Gebze district until transferring to Körfez in 1987.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nurdan0983, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Quarter
- Description: town in Turkey
- Also known as: “Aşağı Hereke”, “Charax”, and “Herekefabrikası”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hereke railway station and Kaiser II. Wilhelm Mansion.
Hereke railway station
Railway station
Hereke railway station is a railway station in Hereke, Turkey. TCDD Taşımacılık operates four daily regional trains between Istanbul and Adapazarı that stop at the station.
Kaiser II. Wilhelm Mansion
Manor estate
Photo: Kocaeligönüllüsü, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaiser II. Wilhelm Mansion is a manor estate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dilovası and Diliskelesi.
Dilovası
Town
Dilovası is a municipality and district of Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its area is 125 km2, and its population is 53,416. The district Dilovası was created in 2008 from part of the district of Gebze, along with the districts Darıca and Çayırova. Dilovası is situated 8 km west of Hereke.
Diliskelesi
Suburb
Diliskelesi is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Dilovası, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its population is 10,910. It is a port on the north side of the Gulf of İzmit. Diliskelesi is situated 8 km west of Hereke.
Demirciler
Village
Demirciler is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Dilovası, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Demirciler is situated 9 km northwest of Hereke.
Hereke
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Körfez İlçesi, Kocaeli Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.7849° or 40° 47′ 6″ northLongitude
29.61728° or 29° 37′ 2″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)United Nations Location Code
TR HEROpen location code
8GGFQJM8+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 251436362OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
745660Wikidata ID
Q5738119
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Hereke” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هركة”
- Arabic: “هيركيه”
- Azerbaijani: “Hereke”
- Chinese: “赫雷克”
- Dutch: “Hereke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيركيه”
- French: “Hereke”
- German: “Hereke”
- Irish: “Hereke”
- Italian: “Hereke”
- Japanese: “ヘレケ”
- Portuguese: “Hereke”
- Russian: “Хереке”
- Spanish: “Hereke”
- Swedish: “Hereke”
- Turkish: “Hereke, Körfez”
- Turkish: “Hereke”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hereke”. Photo: Nurdan0983, CC BY-SA 4.0.