About İzmit
İzmit is a city in Kocaeli, Turkey with a population of 196,571. It is the 65th largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 2,943rd largest worldwide. It lies 265 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 7
Elevation
19 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
40.765, 29.929
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.