Middle East
Turkey
Kocaeli Province

Başiskele

Başiskele, formerly known as Astacus, is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 23 km2, and its population is 116,650. The mayor is Hüseyin Ayaz.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kozluk and Mehmet Ali Paşa.

Suburb
Photo: Ucandairebaskani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . is situated 6 km north of Başiskele.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . is situated 6 km north of Başiskele.

Suburb
Photo: Ucandairebaskani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 6 km north of Başiskele.

Başiskele

Latitude
40.7129° or 40° 42′ 47″ north
Longitude
29.9287° or 29° 55′ 43″ east
Population
76,600
Elevation
387 metres (1,270 feet)
Open location code
8GGFPW7H+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 941362532
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
9548074
Wiki­data ID
Q2670796
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“Başiskele” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باشسكلة”
  • Arabic: “بَاشِسْكَلَة”
  • Armenian: “Բաշիսքելե”
  • Asturian: “Başiskele (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Başiskele”
  • Cebuano: “Başiskele”
  • Chechen: “Башискеле”
  • Chinese: “Başiskele”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Başiskele”
  • Gagauz: “Başiskele”
  • German: “Başiskele”
  • Gilaki: “باشيسکله”
  • Irish: “Başiskele”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Başiskele”
  • Mazanderani: “باشیسکله”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Başiskele”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Başiskele”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basiskele”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Başiskele”
  • Norwegian: “Başiskele”
  • Persian: “باشیسکله”
  • Russian: “Башискеле”
  • Serbian: “Башискеле”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باشیسکله”
  • Tatar: “Башискеле”
  • Turkish: “Başiskele”
  • Ukrainian: “Башіскеле”
  • Urdu: “باشیسکلے”
  • Western Mari: “Башискеле”

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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 “Başiskele”. Photo: Ceng573, Public domain.