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Kartal () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 38 km2, and its population is 483,418 (2022). It is located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik.

Key facts

Turkey place.type
metro district
Turkey place.name
Kartal
Turkey place.image_skyline
Büyükada (54543953635).jpg
Turkey place.image_caption
Skyline of Kartal and Maltepe in the background, as seen from Büyükada
Turkey place.image_map
Istanbul location Kartal.svg
Turkey place.map_caption
Map showing Kartal District in Istanbul Province
Turkey place.province
Istanbul
Turkey place.leader_party
CHP
Turkey place.leader_name
Gökhan Yüksel
Turkey place.area_total_km2
38
Turkey place.population_total
483418
Turkey place.population_as_of
2022
Turkey place.area_code
0216

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

T.C. Kartal Belediye Başkanlığı

Kartal Belediyesi

kartal.bel.tr

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Kartal today
  • Geography
  • Composition
  • Religion
  • Sport
  • Transport
  • Recreation
  • Sister towns
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Kartal () is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 38 km2, and its population is 483,418 (2022). It is located on the Asian side of the city, on the coast of the Marmara Sea between Maltepe and Pendik.

Despite being far from the city centre, Kartal is heavily populated (total population nearly 500,000). The district's neighbours are Maltepe to the west, Sultanbeyli and Sancaktepe to the north and Pendik to the east. Inland from the coast, the land rises sharply up to the hills Yakacık and Aydos, the latter of which is the highest point in Istanbul.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kartal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

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