Sancaktepe
Sancaktepe | |
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District and municipality | |
.jpg) 15 Temmuz Stadium in Sancaktepe district | |
 Map showing Sancaktepe District in Istanbul Province | |
  Sancaktepe Location in Turkey  Sancaktepe Sancaktepe (Istanbul) | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′00″N 29°12′00″E / 40.98333°N 29.20000°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Istanbul |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alper Yeğin (CHP) |
| Area | 63 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 489,848 |
| • Density | 7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0216 |
| Website | www |
Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 63 km2,[3] and its population is 489,848 (2022).[1]
In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part of the new district was established as a municipality.[4][5] At the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation, the rural part of the district was integrated into the municipality, the villages becoming neighbourhoods.[6]
Composition
[edit]There are 19 neighbourhoods in Sancaktepe District:[7]
- Abdurrahmangazi
- Akpınar
- Atatürk
- Emek
- Eyüp Sultan
- Fatih
- Hilal
- İnönü
- Kemal Türkler
- Meclis
- Merve
- Mevlana
- Osmangazi
- Paşaköy
- Safa
- Sarıgazi
- Veysel Karani
- Yenidoğan
- Yunus Emre
History
[edit]Sancaktepe's oldest historic structure is Damatris Summer Palace that was built by I. Tiberius Konstantinos (578–582) and Maurice (582–602) in Byzantine Age. The Ottoman Empire conquered this area completely in 1328.[8]
Notable buildings and structures
[edit]- Istanbul Samandıra Army Air Base
- Sancaktepe Prof. Dr. Feriha Öz Emergency Hospital
- Sancaktepe Stadium
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). 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.
- ^ Kanun No. 5747, Resmî Gazete, 22 March 2008.
- ^ "İl İdaresi ve Mülki Bölümler Şube Müdürlüğü İstatistikleri - İl ve İlçe Kuruluş Tarihleri" (PDF) (in Turkish). p. 43. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Law No. 6360". Official Gazette (in Turkish). 6 December 2012.
- ^ Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ "Sancaktepe Tarihi - Sancaktepe Tarihi". www.sancaktepe.bel.tr.
