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Akyazı | |
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District and municipality | |
![]() Map showing Akyazı District in Sakarya Province | |
Coordinates: 40°41′00″N 30°37′31″E / 40.68333°N 30.62528°E | |
Country | Turkey |
Province | Sakarya |
Government | |
• Mayor | Bilal Soykan[1] (AKP) |
Area | 628 km2 (242 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[2] | 94,494 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
Postal code | 54400 |
Area code | 0264 |
Climate | Cfa |
Website | www |
Akyazı is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey.[3] Its area is 628 km2,[4] and its population is 94,494 (2022).[2] The mayor is Bilal Soykan (AKP).
There are 76 neighbourhoods in Akyazı District:[5]
On 23 June 2017, five people died of electrocution after a swimming pool at a water park in Akyazı became electrified. Three children aged 12, 15 and 17[6] were the first to be electrocuted. The park's manager Mehmet Kaya, 58, and his son Kadir Kaya, 30,[7] dived in to save them but were also seriously injured.[8] The five victims died in hospital; another person was seriously injured during the incident and was taken to hospital.[9][10]