Turkey
Kocaeli Province
Derince İlçesi

Derince

Derince is a seaport, municipality and district of , . Its area is 198 km2, and its population is 146,374. The mayor is Sertif Gökçe.
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  • Type: Town with 141,000 residents
  • Description: district and town in Kocaeli Province, Turkey
  • Historically known as: “Derinji”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gölcük Naval Base and Körfez Circuit.

Military installation
is the main base of the Turkish Navy on the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük, . It is the principal base for logistic support with various facilities stretched over 1,800 acres of land. is situated 4 km south of Derince.

İzmit is a motor sports race track about 17 km west of , in Körfez district of , . Sponsored by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation and built by the Istanbul Motorsports Club, it was inaugurated in 1993 as the first asphalted race track in Turkey. is situated 4½ km west of Derince.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Körfez and Gölcük.

Town
Photo: Abdullah kıyga, CC BY 3.0.
, formerly known as Elaia, or Elaea, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 178,048. is situated 4 km west of Derince.

Town
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, historically known as Diolkides, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 175,940. is situated 4½ km south of Derince.

Quarter
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is a quarter, which is situated 6 km southwest of Derince.

Derince

Latitude
40.7575° or 40° 45′ 27″ north
Longitude
29.8308° or 29° 49′ 51″ east
Population
141,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR DRC
Open location code
8GGFQR4J+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251430615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
748208
Wiki­data ID
Q2000455
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Derince” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “درنجة”
  • Arabic: “درينجه”
  • Asturian: “Derince (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Derince”
  • Belarusian: “Дэрынджэ”
  • Catalan: “Derince”
  • Cebuano: “Derince İlçesi”
  • Chechen: “Дериндже”
  • Chinese: “Derince”
  • Chinese: “代林傑”
  • Chinese: “代林杰”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Derince”
  • Dutch: “Derince”
  • Esperanto: “Derince”
  • French: “Derince”
  • Gagauz: “Derince”
  • German: “Derince”
  • Gilaki: “درينجه”
  • Greek: “Ντερίντζε”
  • Hungarian: “Derince”
  • Irish: “Derince”
  • Italian: “Derince”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Derince”
  • Lithuanian: “Derindžė”
  • Malay: “Derince”
  • Mazanderani: “درینجه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Derince”
  • Minangkabau: “Derince”
  • Northern Luri: “درینجه”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Derince”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Derince”
  • Norwegian: “Derince”
  • Persian: “درینجه”
  • Polish: “Derince”
  • Portuguese: “Derince”
  • Romanian: “Derince”
  • Russian: “Дериндже”
  • Serbian: “Деринџе”
  • South Azerbaijani: “درینجه”
  • Swahili: “Derince”
  • Tatar: “Деринҗе”
  • Turkish: “Derince”
  • Ukrainian: “Деріндже”
  • Vietnamese: “Derince”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Derince”
  • Western Mari: “Дериндже”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع دیرنچے”
  • Yoruba: “Derince”

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