Kocaali 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 254 km², and its population 22,882 (2022). The mayor is Ahmet Acar ( AKP). The main sources of income are

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and

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. The town is near the

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coast, and has a 14 km long and 500 meters wide, sandy beach. There are Ottoman-era mines near the river Maden Deresi, a monastery in Şerbetpınar. The Melen river flows into the sea in the east of the district. One of the leading rafting areas in the Marmara region of Turkey, Kocaali is also very suitable for fishing. As a result of the Great Melen Project, water from the river Melen is directed to Istanbul to serve as drinking water. State road D.010 connects Kocaali with Karasu to the west and

Akçakoca Akçakoca is a town in Düzce Province, in the West Black Sea Region of Turkey, located about 200 km east of Istanbul. It is the seat of Akçakoca District.neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in Kocaali District:Mahalle
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. * Açmabaşı * Ağalar * Akpınar * Aktaş * Alandere * Aydoğan * Beyler * Bezirgan * Caferiye * Çakmaklı * Çukurköy * Demiraçma * Görele * Gümüşoluk * Hızar * Kadıköy * Karalar * Karapelit * Karşı * Kestanepınarı * Kirazlı * Kızılüzüm * Koğutpelit * Köyyeri * Kozluk * Küplük * Melen * Merkez * Selahiye * Şerbetpınar * Süngüt * Yalı * Yalpankaya * Yanıksayvant * Yayla * Yeni

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{{Commons category Populated places in Sakarya Province Districts of Sakarya Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey