Subaşı, Yalova

Subaşı
Town
Subaşı
Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 40°42′N 29°30′E / 40.700°N 29.500°E / 40.700; 29.500Coordinates: 40°42′N 29°30′E / 40.700°N 29.500°E / 40.700; 29.500
Country  Turkey
Province Yalova Province
District Altınova
Elevation 10 m (35 ft)
Population (2010)
  Total 5,459
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 77710
Area code(s) 0226
Vehicle registration 77
Website www.yalovasubasi.bel.tr

Subaşı is a belde (town) in Altınova district of Yalova Province, Turkey. Situated at 40°42′N 29°30′E / 40.700°N 29.500°E / 40.700; 29.500 it is close to Hersek Headland of Marmara Sea and has almost merged to Altınova to the east. The distance to Yalova is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) . The population of Subaşı is 5459[1] as of 2010. The name of the village refers to subaşı, a title in the Ottoman bureaucracy and the residents of the town are mostly Turkish migrants who were expelled from Bulgaria in 1935. The settlement was declared a seat of township in 1992 . But it suffered severely in the 7.6 magnitude 1999 İzmit earthquake.[2]

References

  1. "Statistical Institute". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25.
  2. "Yalova - Subaşı". wowturkey.com (in Turkish).


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