Middle East
Turkey
Kocaeli Province

İzmit

İzmit is an industrial city in the region of Turkey, just over 100 km east of Istanbul. It's at the tip of the sword-like Gulf of İzmit, a long inlet of the Sea of Marmara, and in 2021 had a population of 367,990.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Pertev Pasha Mosque and USS Eversole.

Mosque
Photo: Rime, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pertev Mehmet Paşa Mosque, also known as Yeni Cuma Cami, is a located in the town of Izmit, in the province of , .

Museum
Photo: KeRR, CC BY 2.5.
was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant John T. Eversole, a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway.

Museum
Photo: Kocaeligönüllüsü, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mehmet Ali Paşa and Kartepe.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , .

Town
Photo: Kocaeligönüllüsü, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 301 km2, and its population is 136,625. The mayor is Mustafa Kocaman. is situated 6 km southeast of İzmit.

İzmit

Latitude
40.7752° or 40° 46′ 31″ north
Longitude
29.9462° or 29° 56′ 47″ east
Population
333,000
Elevation
124 metres (407 feet)
Open location code
8GGFQWGW+3F
Geo­Names ID
9544571
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“İzmit” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Izmit”
  • Arabic: “إزميد”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Ізміт”
  • Bulgarian: “Измит”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئیزمیت”
  • Chechen: “Измит”
  • Chinese: “伊兹密特”
  • French: “Izmit”
  • Georgian: “იზმითი”
  • Greek: “Ιζμίτ”
  • Hebrew: “איזמיט”
  • Japanese: “イズミット”
  • Kazakh: “Измит”
  • Korean: “이즈미트”
  • Latvian: “Izmita”
  • Lithuanian: “Izmitas”
  • Macedonian: “Измит”
  • Marathi: “इझ्मित”
  • Northern Luri: “ازمیت”
  • Ossetian: “Измит”
  • Persian: “ازمیت”
  • Polish: “Izmit”
  • Romanian: “Izmit”
  • Russian: “Измит”
  • Serbian: “Измит”
  • Thai: “อิซมิต”
  • Udmurt: “Измит”
  • Ukrainian: “Ізміт”
  • Urdu: “ازمیت”
  • Veps: “Izmit”
  • Western Mari: “Измит”
  • Western Panjabi: “ازمت”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “İzmit”. Photo: Ahmet KAYNARPUNAR, CC BY-SA 3.0.