Karacabey
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Karacabey | |
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District and municipality | |
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 Map showing Karacabey District in Bursa Province | |
  Karacabey Location in Turkey  Karacabey Karacabey (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′N 28°21′E / 40.217°N 28.350°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Bursa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ali Özkan (AKP) |
| Area | 1,158 km2 (447 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 84,907 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 16700 |
| Area code | 0224 |
| Website | www |
Karacabey is a municipality and
Adirnaz River. The district of Karacabey borders the districts of Mudanya and Nilüfer from east, Mustafakemalpaşa and Susurluk from south, Manyas from southwest and Bandırma from west. It is sited on the ancient town of Miletopolis
.
Karacabey is an industrial area as well as an agricultural one. It is known as the plantation area of a special variety of onions. There are many famous food factories around Karacabey such as
Marmara Sea
is 32 km to the north.
History
The town is named after a local Turkish chieftain during the Ottoman era named Karaca Bey. The former name of the town was Mihalich[4] (Turkish: Mihaliç), after which a cheese was named, while its ancient name was Miletopolis (Greek: Μιλητόπολις). Miletopolis was apparently the chief settlement of a group of people called the Milatæ, whose name was hellenized to suggest a Milesian colony. Its people colonized Gargara.[5]
Miletopolis was a
Lopadium as an archbishopric.[5]
There are two historical mosques in Karacabey, one being from the 14th century.
From 1867 until 1922, Mihaliç was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet.
Composition
There are 85
neighbourhoods in Karacabey District:[6]
- Abdullahpaşa
- Akçakoyun
- Akçasusurluk
- Akhisar
- Arız
- Bakırköy
- Ballıkaya
- Bayramdere
- Beylik
- Boğazköy
- Cambaz
- Çamlıca
- Canbalı
- Çarıkköy
- Çavuşköy
- Çeşnigir
- Dağesemen
- Dağkadı
- Danişment
- Doğla
- Drama
- Ekinli
- Ekmekçi
- Emirsultan
- Esentepe
- Eskikaraağaç
- Eskisarıbey
- Fevzipaşa
- Garipçe
- Gazi
- Gölecik
- Gölkıyı
- Gönü
- Güngörmez
- Hamidiye
- Harmanlı
- Hayırlar
- Hotanlı
- Hüdavendigar
- Hürriyet
- İkizce
- İnkaya
- İsmetpaşa
- Karacaahmet
- Karakoca
- Karasu
- Kedikaya
- Keşlik
- Kıranlar
- Küçükkaraağaç
- Kulakpınar
- Kurşunlu
- Mamuriyet
- Mecidiye
- Muratlı
- Nasrettin
- Okçular
- Örencik
- Orhaniye
- Ortasarıbey
- Ova Hamidiye
- Ovaesemen
- Runguşpaşa
- Saadet
- Şahinköy
- Şahmelek
- Sazlıca
- Selimiye
- Seyran
- Sırabademler
- Subaşı
- Sultaniye
- Tabaklar
- Taşlık
- Taşpınar
- Tavşanlı
- Tophisar
- Uluabat
- Yarış
- Yenice
- Yenikaraağaç
- Yenimahalle
- Yenisarıbey
- Yeşildere
- Yolağzı
See also
References
- ^ TÜİK. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri". General Directorate of Mapping. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane. "Macestus." Whittaker & Co. (London), 1851. Accessed 4 September 2011.
- ^ a b Pétridès, S. The Catholic Encyclopedia. "Miletopolis." Robert Appleton Company (New York), 1911. Accessed 4 September 2011.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.