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Istanbul Province, also the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is a province located in northwestern Turkey. It has an area of and a population of 14,804,116 as of 2016. It is surrounded by the provinces of Tekirdağ to the west, Kocaeli to the east, the Black Sea to the northern part and the Sea of Marmara to the south. The Bosphorus Strait divides the province in two parts: the European side and the Asian side. Out of a population of 12.9 million in 2009, roughly 8 million lived on the European side and the remaining 5 million lived on the Asian.The metropolitan municipality of Istanbul has had the same boundaries as the province since 2004.