Istanbul Province Istanbul Province Istanbul Province (), also the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality ("İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi") is a province of Turkey. It has an area of and is located in the Marmara region in the north-west of the country, bordered by Tekirdağ Province to the west and Kocaeli Province to the east. The Bosphorus Strait between the Black Sea to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south divides Istanbul Province into European and Asian sides, which makes it one of only two transcontinental provinces in Turkey, along with Çanakkale Province. Istanbul Province has a population of 14,804,116 as of 2016,
Names of Istanbul form of "Istambuł" is also universally accepted and employed in many translations), Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian and Albanian. The Albanian form is "Stamboll"; the Spanish form is "Estambul"; the Portuguese form is "Istambul", with an "m" instead of an "n". Armenian uses "Bolis", based on the Greek "Poli(s)" 'City'. Icelandic preserves the old Norse name "Mikligarður", though the form "Istanbúl" is generally used. In Slovene "Carigrad" is still largely used and often preferred over the official name. Names of Istanbul The city of Istanbul has been known by a number of different names. The most notable names besides the modern Turkish