Izmit

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Izmit is an industrial and port city in northwestern Turkey, located east of Istanbul along the Gulf of Izmit.

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Izmit canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
capitalOf Kocaeli Province
climateClassification Cfa
country Turkey
countrySubdivision Kocaeli Province
formerName Ismid
Nicomedia
İznikmid
hasClimate Mediterranean-influenced humid subtropical climate
hasHarborFunction commercial shipping
industrial shipping
hasHistoricalSignificance important city in Byzantine Empire
important city in Roman Empire
hasIndustry automotive industry
cement industry
paper industry
petrochemical industry
hasMotorwayConnection O-4 motorway
O-5 motorway
hasPopulationCharacteristic densely populated urban area
hasPort Port of İzmit
hasRailConnection Ankara
Istanbul
hasUniversity Kocaeli University
is industrial city
port city
provincial capital
languageOfName Turkish
locatedEastOf Istanbul
locatedIn Kocaeli Province
locatedInArea northwestern Turkey
locatedInRegion Marmara Region
locatedNear Adapazarı
Gebze
İzmit Bay
locatedOn Gulf of İzmit
Sea of Marmara
İzmit Bay
locatedOnFault North Anatolian Fault
locatedOnTransportCorridor Istanbul–Ankara corridor
officialLanguage Turkish
partOf Kocaeli metropolitan area
linked to: Kocaeli Province
sufferedEvent 1999 İzmit earthquake
timeZone TRT
utcOffset +3
wasCapitalOf Diocletian’s Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire

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