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]

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