Çatalca

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Çatalca, Istanbul
Information
Province	Istanbul
Area	1,1715 km²
Population (2000)	125,000
Density	73 pop/km²
Mayor	Ä°smail Ä°p
Web	Çatalca Municipality
Kaimakam	Yüksel Ayhan
web	catalca.gov.tr

Çatalca is a district of Istanbul Province. It is rural, farmland and forest, in Thrace, on the ridge between the Marmara and the Black Sea. Most people living in Çatalca are either farmers or people with holiday homes there. Many families from the city come to Çatalca during weekends to hike in the forests or to have picnics.

History

Rural area, farmland providing food and dairy produce for the city. Settled throughout the Ottoman period, with the typical Ottoman mixed population of Greeks and Turks. The Crimean War caused a mass exodus of Crimean Tatars towards the Ottoman lands. A few of Crimean Tatars settled in Çatalca.

Population

As a census 22 ,November 2000 population is 81,589.Increasing of people percent is 0,66%.Percent literacy is 99%.

Geography

Area which it has is 1,175 km² and coastline long is 135 km.Far away from center of province is 55 km.Its neighbor are on the southern Büyükçekmece ,on the west Silivri and Tekirdağ ,on the eastern Avcılar,Küçükçekmece and gaziosmanpaşa. Fresh water for people of Istanbul is provided from Durusu lake and Büyükçekmece lake.

Links

• catalca.gov.tr
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