Place details
Place nameKocaeli
Other namesKocaeli province
CountryTürkiye
Latitude40.917
Longitude29.917
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
NW Turkey; borders Black Sea to the N & Sea of Marmara to the W; part of Bithynia kingdom 3rd cen. BC; Hannibal interred at modern city of Gebze 183 BC; region passed to Ottoman Turks from Byzantines 1300s.