Kapaklı
District and municipality in Tekirdağ, Turkey
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Kapaklı (Turkish: [kaˈpakɫɯ]) is a municipality and district of Tekirdağ Province, Turkey.[2] Its area is 182 km2,[3] and its population is 137,514 (2022).[1] The district and municipality Kapaklı was created at the 2013 Turkish local government reorganisation from part of the district of Çerkezköy, including the former municipalities Kapaklı and Karaağaç.[4][5]
Kapaklı | |
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District and municipality | |
Map showing Kapaklı District in Tekirdağ Province | |
| Coordinates: 41°20′N 27°58′E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Tekirdağ |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mustafa Çetin (AKP) |
Area | 182 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 185 m (607 ft) |
| Population (2022)[1] | 137,514 |
| • Density | 756/km2 (1,960/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 59510 |
| Area code | 0282 |
| Website | www |
It is situated in the plains of Eastern Thrace. The distance to Çerkezköy is merely 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) and to Tekirdağ is 60 kilometres (37 mi). The town is quite populated because of its vicinity to industrial sites and Istanbul.
Composition
There are 21 neighbourhoods in Kapaklı District:[6]
- 19 Mayıs
- Adnan Menderes
- Atatürk
- Bahçeağıl
- Bahçelievler
- Cumhuriyet
- Fatih
- İnönü
- İsmetpaşa
- Karaağaç
- Karlı
- Kazım Karabekir
- Mevlana
- Mimar Sinan
- Ömer Halisdemir
- Pınarca
- Uzunhacı
- Vatan
- Yanıkağıl
- Yıldızkent
- Yunus Emre