title: Karacabey
text: Karacabey is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,158 km2, and its population is 84,907 (2022). It is located just west of the Simav River near its confluence with the Adirnaz River. The district of Karacabey borders the districts of Mudanya and Nilüfer from east, Mustafakemalpaşa and Susurluk from south, Manyas from southwest and Bandırma from west. It is sited on the ancient town of Miletopolis.
  
  Karacabey is an industrial area as well as an agricultural one. It is known as the plantation area of a special variety of onions. There are many famous food factories around Karacabey such as Nestle and many varieties of vegetables and fruits are planted in Karacabey. There is a nearby lake called Uluabat. The Marmara Sea is 32 km to the north.
  
  History
  The town is named after a local Turkish chieftain during the Ottoman era named Karaca Bey. The former name of the town was Mihalich (), after which a cheese was named, while its ancient name was Miletopolis (Greek: Μιλητόπολις). Miletopolis was apparently the chief settlement of a group of people called the Milatæ, whose name was hellenized to suggest a Milesian colony. Its people colonized Gargara. 
  
  Miletopolis was a suffragan of Cyzicus until the 12th or 13th century. Around the end of the twelfth century, it was united with Lopadium as an archbishopric. There are two historical mosques in Karacabey, one being from the 14th century.
  
  From 1867 until 1922, Mihaliç was part of Hüdavendigâr vilayet.
  
  Composition
  There are 85 neighbourhoods in Karacabey District:
  
   Abdullahpaşa
   Akçakoyun
   Akçasusurluk
   Akhisar
   Arız
   Bakırköy
   Ballıkaya
   Bayramdere
   Beylik
   Boğazköy
   Cambaz
   Çamlıca
   Canbalı
   Çarıkköy
   Çavuşköy
   Çeşnigir
   Dağesemen
   Dağkadı
   Danişment
   Doğla
   Drama
   Ekinli
   Ekmekçi
   Emirsultan
   Esentepe
   Eskikaraağaç
   Eskisarıbey
   Fevzipaşa
   Garipçe
   Gazi
   Gölecik
   Gölkıyı
   Gönü
   Güngörmez
   Hamidiye
   Harmanlı
   Hayırlar
   Hotanlı
   Hüdavendigar
   Hürriyet
   İkizce
   İnkaya
   İsmetpaşa
   Karacaahmet
   Karakoca
   Karasu
   Kedikaya
   Keşlik
   Kıranlar
   Küçükkaraağaç
   Kulakpınar
   Kurşunlu
   Mamuriyet
   Mecidiye
   Muratlı
   Nasrettin
   Okçular
   Örencik
   Orhaniye
   Ortasarıbey
   Ova Hamidiye
   Ovaesemen
   Runguşpaşa
   Saadet
   Şahinköy
   Şahmelek
   Sazlıca
   Selimiye
   Seyran
   Sırabademler
   Subaşı
   Sultaniye
   Tabaklar
   Taşlık
   Taşpınar
   Tavşanlı
   Tophisar
   Uluabat
   Yarış
   Yenice
   Yenikaraağaç
   Yenimahalle
   Yenisarıbey
   Yeşildere
   Yolağzı
  
  See also
   Ulubatlı Hasan
  
  References
  
  External links
   Karacabey Governorship
   Karacabey Municipality
  
   
  Populated places in Bursa Province
  Milesian colonies
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
  Districts of Bursa Province