Erenler is a municipality and

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Sakarya Province Sakarya () is a province and metropolitan municipality in Turkey, located on the coast of the Black Sea. Its area is , and its population is 1,080,080 (2022). The Sakarya River creates a webbing of estuaries in the province, which is in the Ma ...

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. Its area is 136 km², and its population is 92,249 (2022). It covers the southeastern part of the agglomeration of

Adapazarı Adapazarı () is a municipality and the capital Districts of Turkey, district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 324 km2, and its population 281,489 (2022). It covers the central and northern part of the agglomeration of Adapazarı and t ...

and the adjacent countryside.

Geography

Erenler is a part of Adapazarı city. It is situated slightly to the east of the urban fabric.

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flows within the municipality. The average elevation of the settlement is about above mean sea level.

History

During the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

era, Erenler was a village. Between 14 March 1921 and 21 June 1921 the village saw occupation by the

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. During the Republican era, the population of the village increased and consequently it became a seat of township in 1963. In 1999, Erenler suffered from the İzmit earthquake. Soon after the disaster, the town continued its growth, and it merged to the province capital. In 2008, the district Erenler was created from part of the former central district of Adapazarı/Sakarya Province, along with the districts

Arifiye Arifiye is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 75 km2, and its population 49,340 (2022). It covers the southernmost part of the agglomeration of Adapazarı and the adjacent countryside. Geography Arifiye is ...

and Serdivan.

Population

Composition

There are 33

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in Erenler District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Alancuma * Bağlar * Bekirpaşa * Büyükesence * Çaybaşıyeniköy * Çaykışla * Değirmendere * Dilmen * Ekinli * Emirler * Epçeller * Erenler * Hacıoğlu * Hasanbey * Horozlar * Hürriyet * Kamışlı * Kayalarmemduhiye * Kayalarreşitbey * Kozluk * Küçükesence * Küpçüler * Nakışlar * Pirahmatler * Sarıcalar * Şeyhköy * Şükriye * Tabakhane * Tepe * Tuapsalar * Yazılı * Yenimahalle * Yeşiltepe

References

{{Districts of Turkey, provname=Sakarya Districts of Sakarya Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey 2008 establishments in Turkey